URGENT: ISIS leader al-Baghdadi arrives in Nineveh coming from Syria, along with a number of his assistants
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. File photo.
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – On Monday, a local source in Nineveh province said, that the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has entered Nineveh province coming from the Syrian city of al-Raqqa after he secretly crossed the Iraqi-Syrian borders alongside a number of his aides.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, informed IraqiNews.com, “This evening, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Omar al-Shishani, Shaker Wahib and a number of ISIS leaders have secretly arrived in Nineveh coming from the Syrian city of al-Raqqa,” pointing out that, “Al-Baghdadi has passed through the desert area located along the Iraqi-Syrian borders.”
The source also revealed that, “Upon the arrival in a unknown site in Nineveh, al-Baghdadi held a secret meeting with two of his key aides Abu Omar al-Shishani and Shaker al-Wahib,” adding that, “al-Baghdadi oversees all the battles himself, but his movement became limited.”