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Report: IS leader flee to northern Iraq following attacks in Syria

An Iraqi intelligence source told Iraqi media that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi arrived yesterday from the city of Raqqa in north-east Syria to Nineveh Province in northern Iraq along with the organization's top commanders.

 

According to the source, al-Baghdadi and his fellow commanders escaped Syria following US airstrikes against the organization in the area.

 

No other source has confirmed this report.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.01.14, 12:11