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29 Apr 2019

ISIS ‘leader’ al-Baghdadi appears in new video

International Editor

The most wanted man on the planet, the leader of the extremist Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been seen in a new video for the first time in five years.

The terror group’s propaganda arm released footage of the elusive leader making a speech referring to the battle for the final Isis stronghold in eastern Syria and the bomb attacks in Sri Lanka.