Key commander Omar Shishani Dead Confirmed by IS

Shishani’s real name was Tarkhan Batirashvili but he was also known as Omar the Chechen.

The Pentagon said in March he had died from injuries sustained in a US air strike in north-eastern Syria.

The Amaq news agency said Shishani was killed in combat in the town of Shirqat, south of Mosul in Iraq.

A news agency linked to so-called Islamic State has confirmed the death of key leader Omar Shishani.