The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters news service on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.Russia's Defense Ministry last month said it was checking, via various channels, information that a Russian military airstrike may have killed al-Baghdadi in late May in northern Syria.Baghdadi is believed to have been born in Samarra, central Iraq, in 1971. He eventually became the leader of what is now called Islamic State.After taking control of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014, the group declared the …READ FULL ARTICLE
