IS release new message from leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Islamic State have released what it claims is a recording of their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

IS release new message from leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Islamic State have released what it claims is a recording of their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The reclusive leader of IS, who has only appeared in public once, also vowed to continue fighting and lavished praise on his jihadis for their bravery in the battlefield - despite the militants’ loss of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in July.

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