
The Caliph of the Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed at the airstrike of the coalition led by the United States. It is reported by Mirror with reference to Amaq - the official news agency IG.
It is claimed that Abu Bakr died in the capital of the Islamic State - the Syrian city of Raqqa - on the 5th day of the month of Ramadan, that is, June 11.
Earlier, the media have repeatedly reported the death of Abu Bakra, but IS did not confirm this information.
The real name of the deceased - Ibrahim Avvad Ibrahim Ali al -Badri. He was born on July 28, 1971 in the area of the Iraqi city of Samarra. Received the theological education; It is claimed that over 10 years, until 2004, lived at the mosque in Baghdad.
In 2003, after the start of the American operation against the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Ibrahim Avvad acted as a co-founder of the armed organization "Jamaat Jaysh Ahl As-Sunna Val-Jamaa" and took the post of head of the Sharia committee in it.
In February 2004, Ibrahim was arrested by the American occupation administration in the city of El Falluja, Muhafaz Anbar, and interned as a civilian to the Camp-Bucca camp near the city of UMM-Casr in the Basra Muhafaz in the south of the country. In December of the same year, the future leader of the IG was released from the camp as a person who is not a significant threat.
In January 2006, Ibrahim joined the "Casting Assembly of Mujahideen in Iraq"-one of the local structures of Al-Qaeda. In October of the same year, the “Advisory Meeting”, together with other Iraqi units, Al-Qaeda united in the Islamic State Iraq.
On April 18, 2010, the emir of the Islamic State Iraq Abu Umar al-Baghdadi was killed during the joint operation of the American and Iraqi troops. A month later, on May 16, Abu Bakr was declared the successor to Abu Umar.
On April 8, 2013, Abu Bakr announced the claims of his structure to Syria, renaming it to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. After that, his structure began to fight in Syria against the local division of al-Qaeda-Jabhat al-Nusra. In January 2014, ISIS was knocked out by Jabhat al-Nusra from Rakka; In the same month, bloody battles between two groups took place in Muhafaz Deir ez-zor. During these clashes, hundreds of combatants died, and thousands of civilians became refugees. The next month, Al-Qaeda announced the breakdown of relations with ISIS.
On June 29, 2014, after the capture of ISIS of the second largest Iraq -Mosul, - Abu Bakr announced his organization by the World Caliphate and, accordingly, renamed it in IG.
In the territories controlled by the IG, a rigid theocratic regime was established. The public executions of the actual or imaginary enemies of the IG were made. Having captured the late -ant city of Palmyra, the Islamists destroyed architecture monuments there.
At the same time, the IG provided the residents of the captured territories with an acceptable standard of living. In recent years, in particular, a large number of civilians from the Islamic regions of Russia have gone there, including qualified specialists - doctors, engineers, etc.
Supporters of IG appeared in different countries of the world. In Christian countries, they arranged many terrorist attacks. Meanwhile, in Libya, the local branch of IG connected to the civil war on this country.
In early May, the media reported evidence of conspiracy between IG and Syrian dictator Bashar Assad . In particular, it was described about transactions during which the oil produced by the IG is exchanged for fertilizers produced in the territories controlled by Assad.