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ISIS Leader Apparently Releases Video For First Time In 5 Years
Nearly five years after the leader of ISIS released his first video, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has purportedly released his second.
It's not confirmed that the man in the video is indeed Baghdadi. The man acknowledges ISIS' recent major defeat in the Syrian city of Baghouz and vows to continue fighting.
The man says that "in truth, the battle between Islam and its people against the crusaders and their people is a long battle."
The first video was released in 2014 as ISIS was rapidly increasing in strength and taking control of territory in vast swathes of Iraq and Syria. In that video, taken in the ancient Nuri mosque in Mosul, Baghdadi declared that he was the caliph of a new "Islamic State."
This latest one comes about a month after U.S.-backed forces declared the end of ISIS' territorial control after they took control of Baghouz.
The video shows the man who is purported to be Baghdadi seated on the floor with a large gun resting on the wall behind him. He's hooded and wearing a khaki vest, and he has a long, dyed beard.
It's not confirmed that the man in the video is indeed Baghdadi. The man acknowledges ISIS' recent major defeat in the Syrian city of Baghouz and vows to continue fighting.
The man says that "in truth, the battle between Islam and its people against the crusaders and their people is a long battle."
The first video was released in 2014 as ISIS was rapidly increasing in strength and taking control of territory in vast swathes of Iraq and Syria. In that video, taken in the ancient Nuri mosque in Mosul, Baghdadi declared that he was the caliph of a new "Islamic State."
This latest one comes about a month after U.S.-backed forces declared the end of ISIS' territorial control after they took control of Baghouz.
The video shows the man who is purported to be Baghdadi seated on the floor with a large gun resting on the wall behind him. He's hooded and wearing a khaki vest, and he has a long, dyed beard.
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