He said Isil supporters had carried out 92 attacks in eight countries in response to the defeat in Baghuz and that the jihadists had not retreated in the face of overwhelming odds but fought to the…
The fugitive leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant appeared in a video released yesterday , the first time he has been seen in five years, and claimed that the Sri Lanka terrorist attacks were revenge for the fall of the so-called caliphate.
He vowed to carry out revenge attacks against the West in retaliation for the fall of Baghuz, the town in eastern Syria where his fighters made a last stand to defend Isil-held territory against advancing Kurdish forces. Baghdadi, who is in his late forties, is one the world’s most wanted men, and Western intelligence agencies will be scouring the video for scraps of information which could reveal his location. attacks” source=”” /]Analysts believe he is most likely hiding in the sparsely populated desert in the west of Iraq, near the Syrian border. The US has offered a $25 million reward for information leading to his death or capture.
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