ISIS Tel Afar Wali steals millions of dollars and flees with 4 of his aides
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Nineveh – (IraqiNews.com) ISIS Wali of Tel Afar, along with four of his aides, fled toward the Syrian territories after looting millions of US dollars, Alsumaria News reported on Saturday.
Alsumaria News stated, “The so-called ISIS Wali of Tel Afar Abu Islam al-Uzbaki, along with four of his aides including Diwan Bayt al-Mal official (Treasury’s official), fled to al-Ba’j district and then to the Iraqi-Syrian borders,” pointing out that, “The Wali and his aides also stole large quantities of money, which they collect through smuggling crude oil and bullying for two years.”
“The official of Diwan al-Mal in Tal Afar is one of the most important ISIS funding officials in Tel Afar and the so-called Wilayat Dijla,” the media outlet added. “The fleeing phenomenon of the leaders of the Islamic State, after stealing money, started to increase with the approaching liberation of Nineveh and Tel Afar,” Alsumaria explained.
Intelligence information also indicated that these members started to move toward Arab and foreign countries, in order to disappear due to the lack of information about them.