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Iraqi military reach Baiji; Baghdadi's fate unclear

Iraqi military forces reached the centre of the northern city of Baiji on Sunday in an effort to break an Islamic State siege of the country's biggest refinery, triggering fierce clashes with the militants, according to an army colonel and a witness.

 

Separately, contradictory reports emerged over the fate of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. after US-led air strikes against the group in at least two locations in Iraq on Friday night.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.10.14, 00:06