EI states that the son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Huthaifa al-Badri, was killed in action against Russia, Syrian forces

BEIRUT – The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) says that the son of his leader was killed fighting Syrian government forces. The announcement of the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's young son appeared in the group's social media Tuesday night. It included a picture of a boy carrying a rifle and identified as Huthaifa al-Badri.

The statement, as of this month, stated that he was an elite fighter, known as an "inghimasi", who was killed by Syrian fighter and Russian troops at a power plant in the central province of Homs. He did not say when he was killed.

The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, a war monitoring group, said that the most recent ISI operations in the region had occurred in the first two weeks of June. On several occasions he was killed or wounded, but it is believed that he is still alive. Little is known about the family of al-Baghdadi, but a woman and a child who would be his wife and daughter were arrested in Lebanon in 2014.

EI was expelled from almost all the territory he controlled in Syria and Iraq, even though it maintains a presence in the Syrian Desert and remote areas along the border.

The observatory said Tuesday that one of the group's last pockets in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour was bombed by the United States. led coalition. At least 12 militants were reportedly killed in Hajin, according to the Observatory.

Separately, the Observatory said that at least 11 displaced Syrians fleeing fighting in southwestern Syria were killed when they walked on a landmine. The two-week offensive has so far moved up to 330,000 people, including some 60,000 at the sealed border with Jordan, said Tuesday the UN

"The The situation of displaced people on the Jordanian border is precarious, compounded by dust UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said on Tuesday

that at least 12 children, two women and one elderly man died in areas near the Jordanian border due to scorpion bites, Jordan's top humanitarian official in Jordan, Anders Pedersen, said Wednesday that delays in humanitarian response could lead to "catastrophic results", warning that fighting is threatening to displace even more people 19659002] Jordan, which is already home to at least 660,000 Syrian refugees, has resisted pressure to open the border, saying it can no longer

The offensive in southwestern Syria has broken truce for a year negotiated by Russia, the United States and Jordan. He also alarmed Israel, which occupies the nearby Golan Heights, and warned against any Iranian military presence at its door. Iran has sent military advisers to Syria, and Iranian-backed militias fight alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that it would be "unrealistic" to see Iran withdraw from Syria. He said the regional powers should discuss reciprocal complaints and negotiate a compromise.

Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen, which supports the Syrian government, has broadcast footage of a large arsenal and armored vehicles. in the southwest. The network said the weapons included Israeli and US weapons and communication devices