Syrian Democracy Forces lunched at the beginning of the current month of March an operation called “Gadab of Khabur” which through it they re-control of the city Shaddadi in the countryside of Hasaka, after that the Democracy announced, on Thursday, March 3, on an operation called “a campaign of revenge for Judy and Allen” against ISIS, and which aim to control the villages, South Shaddadi, all the way to Tel Abyad.
That operation launched by the Syrian Democracy Forces and progress in the countryside of Shaddadi, pushed ISIS to send senior military commanders, to retake what ISIS lost earlier, and in particular, that Shaddadi an area considered the link between Syria and Iraq.
In this context, “Raqqa is being slaughtered silently” knew from local sources that the Minister of War in ISIS “Abu Omar al-Shishani” had been wounded in a raid by coalition aircraft near the city of Shaddadi on a convoy of ISIS where was “Al-Shishani” riding one of his cars.
As, according to US reports, about the possibility of the killing of the “Abu Omar Al-Shishani” Minister of War at ISIS, in a US air raid, and the Al-Shishani is one of the most internationally wanted, and when the United States offered a reward estimated at $ 5 million reward for information helping to eliminate it.
Born “Tarkhan Timorazovic Batirhvili”, nicknamed ” Abu Omar Al-Shishani” in 1986, the father is Christian, and mother of a Muslim, in Georgia, which was then part of the Soviet Union, which took part in his country’s war against Russian troops on the territory of Abkhazia in 2008, then worked with the elite unit in the Georgian intelligence called “Sbetznaz”, to be jailed after charges of buying and storing weapons to Chechen militants, and spent the period of his jail that was three years, only 16 months, to be released later because of the deterioration of his health, and then he converted to Islam on his way to Syria in 2012, to become the commander of the battalion “Almohajreen”, to announce in 2013, oath of allegiance to ISIS, , becoming one of the most important military leaders in the, “ISIS”, and knew that he is close to the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who told by his supporters that he is a military adviser to him and he depends on the Al-Shishani strongly.
The US official said the air strike carried out by warplanes and drones, and targeted the Al-Shishani near the city of Shaddadi in Syria.
US Department of Defense believes that the Al-Shishani sent there to reinforce “ISIS” fighters after they suffered a series of setbacks.
Said Peter Cook, a spokesman for the “Pentagon”, said the US military is still working on evaluating the results of the strike, and the potential of its importance.
He added that Al-Shishani was a citizen of Georgia stationed in Syria took several senior military positions inside “ISIS” including the “minister of war.”
Cook said that the killing of Al-Shishani will decrease ISIS ability to coordinate attacks and defend for their strongholds. He added that also it would impair the ability of “ISIS” to recruit foreign fighters, particularly from Chechnya and the Caucasus region.
The US official has told “AFP” Al-Shishani “was probably killed” in the US raid that targeted him last week, adding that “initial assessment indicates that it was probably killed with 12 other fighters, of ISIS.
