Top ISIS Leader May Have Been Killed in U.S. Airstrike

The U.S. military and intelligence community is assessing whether a targeted U.S. airstrike killed a top ISIS leader, known as Omar "the Chechen," several U.S. officials told CNN.The strike took place on Friday near the Syrian town of al-Shaddadi. A Defense Department official said Shishani was "likely killed."
Abu Omar al-Shishani, the ISIS leader targeted in the strike, has a reputation as one of ISIS' most capable commanders. There has been a $5 million reward on his head from the U.S. State Department. Shishani is a former member of an elite Georgian military unit.
"Batirashvili is a battle-tested leader with experience who had led ISIL fighters in numerous engagements in Iraq and Syria," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement, using another name for ISIS.