"Dead at Baghdadi". Yet another announcement, but ISIS would confirm. The Pentagon: we know nothing

2019-10-27T06:27:42.718Z

With a brief statement, Islamic State confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and appointed a new Caliph, asking its fighters to resist. This was reported by Iraqi satellite television to Sumaria citing sources in Nineveh, the Iraqi governorate whose capital is Mosul, the city - liberated last Sunday after 9 months of battle - from which Baghdadi had proclaimed the Caliphate. At other times the death of the Caliph was announced, then denied. He would have died 2 days ago According to the same broadcaster, the announcement was expected after the ban in the city to speak publicly about the death of al-Baghdadi two days ago had been lifted. "The Pentagon, however, has made it known that it has no information supporting the news on the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.