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February 8, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/07/isis-leader-believed-to-have-fled-coup-attempt-by-his-own-fighters

Report: ISIS Leader Survives Coup Attempt

(Guardian-UK) Martin Chulov - ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi survived a coup attempt on Jan. 10 launched by foreign fighters in his eastern Syrian hideout, intelligence officials believe. A planned move against Baghdadi led to a firefight between foreign fighters and the terrorist chief's bodyguards, who spirited him away to the nearby desert.

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