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ISIS Fighters Angered by Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Absence in Final Battle

ISIS Fighters Angered by Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Absence in Final Battle
Leader of the ISIS terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at a mosque in Iraq, on July 5, 2014. AP Photo/extremist video
Isabel van Brugen
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ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has angered jihadist fighters after appearing to go into hiding as the caliphate continues to lose ground.

Soldiers who surrendered now accuse their leader of abandoning them in their last stand for the caliphate, as forces closed in on the last small strongholds of ISIS territory—spanning about half a square mile in the Syrian Euphrates.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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