IS LEADER AL-BAGHDADI REPORTEDLY DEAD|IS再挫敗! 傳高層證實首腦巴格達迪死訊

Is IS leader al-Baghdadi dead or not? Conflicting reports are emerging as to the fate of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the chief of the Islamic State group. A UK-based Human Rights observatory says he has died, but the US says it hasn't been able to confirm the information The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitoring group, told Reuters it had confirmed information that the IS leader had died in the eastern countryside near Mosul. Al-Baghdadi's death has been announced many times before, but the Observatory does have a credible track record of war reporting. Yet the senior US general leading the coalition forces was unable to confirm al Baghdadi's death. Iraq has just declared victory against IS in Mosul after a nine-month battle to recapture the city. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR