One of Daesh chieftains liquidated by Iraqi army

The Iraqi army has announced the liquidation of one of chieftains of the Daesh terrorist organization, Abu Anas Ash-Shishani, in the outskirts of Mosul, TASS reports citing Iraq's Akhbar website.

According to the website, the gunman, a native of Chechnya, was killed by an air strike on the southern outskirts of Mosul where a group of militants was located as Iraqi armed forces said.