Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIL’s secretive leader, survived a recent coup attempt by his own men. After the attack on al-Baghdadi and his bodyguards, the Guardian reports, al-Baghdadi had the plotters gathered and killed. The coup leader is reported to have been a foreigner named Abu Muath al-Jazairi. They were mainly Tunisians and there were many people killed.”The witness had given his report after escaping from ISIL’s final eastern Syrian hideout, Baghouz. The witness said that since January, the ISIL leader has been gone from the area, running into the desert as U.S.-backed Syrian forces advance.

Source: National Post February 11, 2019 15:56 UTC