(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Daesh (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has asked the members and supporters of his organization to escape and hide in the mountains, Iraqi al-Sumaria news reported on Tuesday.
The report cited a confidential source as saying that Baghdadi addressed the Daesh militants in a recent speech, admitting defeat in recent clashes in Mosul.
The Daesh outlets have not confirmed the news yet, neither they have reported the recent speech by Baghdadi.
Iraqi forces have completely controlled the eastern part of Mosul and are advancing to liberate the rest of the city from the Daesh militants who are cordoned off in the city, deprived of supply routes for food and ammunition.
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1 March 2017 - 06:58
News ID: 814877
Daesh (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has asked the members and supporters of his organization to escape and hide in the mountains, Iraqi al-Sumaria news reported on Tuesday.
