ISIS Leader Resurfaces in Purported Audio, First in 11 Months

ISIS Leader Resurfaces in Purported Audio, First in 11 Months
The leader of the ISIS terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at a mosque in Iraq on July 5, 2014. AP Photo/extremist video
The Associated Press
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The leader of the ISIS terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has allegedly resurfaced on Aug. 22 for the first time in nearly a year, urging his followers to “persevere” and continue fighting the group’s “enemies” in a purported audio recording.

The 54-minute audio was released by the extremist group’s central media arm, al-Furqan Foundation, on the evening of Aug. 22.