La coalizione guidata dagli Stati Uniti contro lo stato islamico non ha informazioni per confermare i rapporti secondo cui il leader Stato Islamico Abu Bakr Baghdadi sarebbe stato ferito in un attacco iracheno la scorsa settimana. Lo ha riferito il vice comandante dell’Operazione Inherent Resolve Rupert Jones durante un briefing. Il canale Alhurra, citando il dipartimento di intelligence del ministero dell’Interno iracheno, aveva riferito che Baghdadi era stato ferito durante un attacco aereo nella città di Qaim il 9 febbraio. Secondo il rapporto, Baghdadi ha subito lesioni.

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State has no information to corroborate reports that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi was injured in an Iraqi strike last week, Operation Inherent Resolve deputy commander Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones said in a briefing on Wednesday. “We have not been able to corroborate it yet at this stage,” Jones told reporters when asked about the reports. The Alhurra channel had reported citing Iraq’s Interior Ministry intelligence department that Baghdadi may have been injured during an airstrike in the city of Qaim on February 9. According to the report, Baghdadi sustained heavy injuries and was sent to Syria, while several other Islamic State terrorists were killed in the strike. Reports of Baghdadi being injured or killed have appeared over the past several months, but none have been confirmed.