article_snippet.sent: Two officials confirmed to the paper that an air strike did indeed take place, on March 18 in the al-Baaj district of Nineveh, not far from the Syrian border.
article_snippet.sent: Baghdadi close aide Auf Abdul Rahman al-Efery was killed when a rocket fired from a war plane hit one of the cars.
article_snippet.sent: Figures from February showed allied airstrikes, including those carried out by British warplanes, had killed more than 6,000 fighters since September.
highlights_snippet.sent: Air strike is thought to have taken place on March 18 near Syrian border .
  