Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The leader of the “Islamic state” (IG, an organization banned in Russia), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made an appeal to his followers. It published a propaganda resource of the group “al-Furqan”, according to a Telegram-channel 4 Directorate responsible for monitoring activities of terrorists.
It is clarified that according to the affected in the speech of al-Baghdadi subjects, he is aware of what is happening in areas of armed clashes between members of the IG with government forces in Syria and Iraq.
In particular, in the speech of the leader of ISIS mentioned the meeting of inter-Syrian negotiators “Astana-6”, held in mid-September 2017. In addition, al-Baghdadi discusses the threat of North Korea against the United States and Japan, which, coupled with the fact that Kazakhstan negotiations suggests that you record no more than two weeks. Also, the Caliph of ISIS, accuses the US of failing to counter growing Russian power in Syria.
Previous audioobraschenie of the leader of ISIS was released in early November 2016.
In June of this year, the defense Ministry and the foreign Ministry of Russia reported that the U.S. likely was killed in a Russian air strike on 28 may near the Syrian Raqqa. Subsequently, however, this information was not received in evidence: it refused to confirm the Director of the foreign intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, and the interior Ministry of Iraq said that al-Baghdadi still alive and hiding in Syria.
About the destruction of al-Baghdadi said in June and December 2016 in April of 2015 (it was noted that he was severely wounded and died in hospital), and in November of 2014. In January 2017, it was reported that al-Baghdadi wounded in air strike and is in critical condition. In October 2016 appeared information that the leader was poisoned. All these reports were not confirmed.