BREAKING: Isis leader seen on camera for first time in almost five years
The leader of Isis has been seen on camera for the first time in almost five years in a new video released by the extremist group.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gives a speech in a video addressing the end of the group’s physical ‘caliphate’. It is his first video appearance since he delivered a sermon at the al-Nuri mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014.Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi purportedly being interviewed by his group\’s Al-Furqan media outlet The video released by Al-Furqan shows Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appearing with a bushy grey and red beard, wearing a black robe with a beige vest and seated on the floor with what appears to be a machine gun propped up next to him.
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