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IS chief Baghdadi appears for first time in 5 years in propaganda video
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe elusive chief of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, appears for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released by the jihadist organization.
https://twitter.com/gcaw/status/1122897332171939840
It is unclear when the footage was filmed, but Baghdadi refers in the past tense to the months-long fight for Baghouz, IS’s final bastion in eastern Syria, which ended last month.
“The battle for Baghouz is over,” he says, sitting cross-legged on a cushion and addressing three men whose faces have been blurred.
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