Omar Al Shishan, or Tarkhan Batirashvili is alive, but he was seriously wounded. The information about one of the leaders of the Islamic state is spread by the British human rights observer mission in Syria,

On March 4,the United States carried out an attack on the Syrian territory against of the Pankisi resident Omar al-Shishani; however,the Batirashvili familiy in Pankisi Gorge immediately denied the rumors about his liquidation.