U.S Commander: “ISIS leader al-Baghdadi alive and hiding in deserts”

Top Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive but hiding in the deserts between Iraq and Syria to survive, a top US commander said.

“I think he is a very frightened man, fleeing somewhere in the desert by the Euphrates River,” said Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie, who is nominated by US President Donald Trump for the post of head of the Central Command (CENTCOM) of the US Armed Forces.

McKenzie believes that Baghdadi is not capable of organizing IS for new major attacks as he spends most of his power to stay in hiding and survive.

“I’ll just note: while you’re worried about whether you can survive the next hour or so, it’s hard to make a conspiracy to carry out attacks in Detroit.”

The last time Baghdadi appeared in public was in July 2014, when he declared the creation of a “Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria during Friday prayers in Iraq’s Mosul.

Source: Basnews