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Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend. AP file photo
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Iraqi Federal Police celebrate in the Old City of Mosul. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
![Kurdish Official: ISIS Leader is in Syria](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/download-11-1.jpg)
Kurdish Official: ISIS Leader is in Syria
Erbil– Weeks after reports about his death, mystery still surrounds the fate of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi especially after the terrorist organization lost its stronghold in Iraq, Mosul. A Kurdish official revealed that Baghdadi is indeed alive and still leading...Caption:
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) looks at a damaged bridge in eastern Raqqa during an offensive to retake the city from ISIS. AFP file photo
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SDF Says Advancing against ISIS in Raqqa where Baghdadi is Allegedly Located
The Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday they had seized a new neighborhood from ISIS in the militant stronghold of Raqqa where the terrorist group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is allegedly located. The SDF, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by the US,...Caption:
FILE PHOTO: A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi making what would have been his first public appearance, at a mosque in the center of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TV/File Photo
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Syrian Observatory Confirms ISIS Chief Is Dead
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. The report came just days after the Iraqi army recaptured the last sectors of the northern Iraqi city...Caption:
Iraqi civilians fleeing the fighting in Mosul walked past a heavily damaged mosque. Felipe Dana/Associated Press
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