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Iraqi air force 'kills 77' in strikes aimed at IS leader Baghdadi
 13 February 2017    From the section Middle East
The Iraqi air force has killed 13 commanders of so-called Islamic State in a strike on a building in Qaim where leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was thought to be, a statement said.

Baghdadi's name was not on a list of the dead published by the military.

At least 64 lower-ranked IS fighters were killed in a wave of strikes in western Iraq, the statement added.

The military said Baghdadi moved last week in a convoy from Raqqa, in Syria, to the region of Qaim, over the border.

Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38961677

Not sure if this was posted, story is from the 13th. Note ISIS has been losing land in the last year.