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Sunday, October 27, 2019
Syrian Kurds expect IS revenge attacks after Baghdadi death
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleQAMISHLI, Syria — Syrian Kurdish forces say they expected revenge attacks by the Islamic State extremist group following the US announcement today that the jihadist organisation’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed.
“Sleeper cells will seek revenge for Baghdadi’s death,” Mazloum Abdi, the top commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces — the de facto army of the Kurdish administration that holds thousands of IS fighters in custody — tells AFP.
— AFP
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