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They still have a lot in syria, but thats coming to an end as well. when thats gone, does it have a material effect on terrorism if isis doesnt have physical land over which to govern? >> thats difficult to project. isis as a command post, as a central organization will be eliminated in iraq and syria, but isis has been transitioning over the last year into another form, what we call a ghost caliphate. thats where they keep their materials and propaganda in cyberspace, and pushing these self-sta...

Syria. i mean, it would seem unlikely that he would have been close to raqqah, given the fact that raqqah is absolutely the focus of coalition air strikes and, you know, that the city is effectively encircled. what russian state media is saying is that has happened this military council meeting was at a command post south of raqqah. now we dont know how far south that was. is it a location he might have thought it safe to be, especially with 330 other iraqi -- sorry, isis militants who russian s...

Baghdadi may have been killed in this bombing. if true, it would mark a major milestone in the war against terror. >> at this hour, u.s. military officials are unable to confirm his death. russia says the strike took place last month in syria. it targeted a command post where isis leaders were reportedly meeting. lets go straight to our senior international correspondent, arwa damon, with more. i assume people should look at this with skepticism because it has been reported before that it was th...

In question. the strike took place may 28th in the evening. as you said targeted an isis command post where a military council meeting was reportedly taking place. theyre saying that 300 isis soldiers were present at the meeting. that in addition to that 30 mid level field commanders were present at the meeting. i mention those points only because they raise real red flags because isis is adept and has learned a lot from the changes in the battlefield in the past few years from the threat of dro...

July 2013 giving a sermon. he may have been killed in a russian air strike last month. cnn correspondent diana magnay live in moscow with the breaking details. what are russian media saying about this may 28th air strike, and what kind of evidence are they giving to support the notion that they have killed this guy? >> reporter: christine, at the moment, it is russian state media who say that the defense ministry is investigating information that al baghdadi was killed in a may 28th russian air ...

International airport. thats air force one. little hard to see. air force one just landed in miami. the president is there for a big announcement. hes going to announce a roll back of president obamas d diplomatic rollout with cuba. well talk more about this in a few moments. you see the president of the united states air force one landing. always beautiful to cover the white house for nearly ten years. i love to watch the plane. but other news. russia says it may have chopped the head off of th...

He may have been killed in a russian air strike last month. our cnn correspondent diana magnay is live in moscow with the breaking details. and i know -- i mean, im reading some of this on the english-language sputnik news agency. theyre investigating whether a may 28th news strike targeted him with a lot of other isis leadership. what do we know? >> reporter: thats right. well, russian state media is quoting the defense ministry as saying that it is investigating with information that suggests ...

Coalition air strikes right now, of ground forces onslaught. this supposedly, according to russian state media, happened, the air strike happened at a command post south of the city. and russian state media is also saying that some 330 other isis fighters were killed in these same air strikes. now, that does raise questions as to what al baghdadi was doing at such a major meeting, which would have been an obvious target. would he necessarily have been so close to raqqah, although we dont know ho...

Says that its investigative reports baghdadi was among those killed at a command post in syria. the u.s. cannot confirm the reports and there is quite a bit of skepticism among experts about these claims. but this hour, u.s. officials have confirmed that russia conducted strikes on the day, they say, baghdadi may have been killed. this morning the russian defense ministry released images claiming the aftermath of the strike in raqqah. a bit of context for barbara starr -- russia attempts to use ...

Will not take questions from reporters very often. the white house said take this is an official statement from the president. officially from the president -- >> i am being invested. >> well leave it there. thank you. this morning we are following big news overseas. one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. russia is investigating whether al-baghdadi may have been killed in an air strike. >> at this hour, u.s. military officials say they are unable to confirm whether or not al-baghdadi is...