The media reported the wounding of the leader of the Islamic State under the air at the Iraqi Air Force

When attacking the Iraqi Air Force on the positions of terrorists of the Islamic State in the province of Anbar in the west of Iraq, the leader of the fighters Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi received wounds, writes Iranian State Agency Irna . Earlier it was reported that the blow was inflicted on his convoy.

IRNA indicates that as a result of the attack, six more extremists were killed-al-Shishani, al-Suri, Abu Said al-Karbuli, Abu Anis al-Suri, as well as Omar and Abu Kamal. The first was in charge of propaganda issues, the rest were field commanders of the terrorist group. Three of the six killed, according to the agency, were deputy al-Baghdadi.

Anbar province is located near the border of Iraq with Syria. According to the Iraqi side, the convoy leader of the IG was sent to a meeting with the field commanders of the group, it was supposed to take place about five kilometers from the border in the village of Al-Karabelech.

At the end of September, the Arab media reported that al -Baghdadi moved from the city of Mosul in the north of Iraq to the city of Ramadi, the administrative center of the Anbar province.

Earlier, the press has already appeared information about the injuries of the leader of the IG. There were also reports of its liquidation, but they did not find evidence in official sources.

In June 2014, IS terrorists announced the creation of the so -called caliphate with their own laws and authorities. The caliph was declared the leader of the Abdullah Ibrahim al-Samarai group, known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Now the group controls extensive territories in Syria and Iraq.

The United States and its allies have been applying air strikes on the positions of terrorists since August 2014. In total, by mid -September, more than six thousand strokes were inflicted. 62 countries formally joined the coalition, but less than a dozen actively operate. At the end of September, the Russian military also strikes the objects of IG steel. They act only in Syria.