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Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Flees to Raqqa, Wife Arrested: Report

Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Flees to Raqqa, Wife Arrested: Report

ISIL terror group ringleader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has fled to Raqqa in Syria before the Iraqi army started its operations in Mosul, but his wife has been arrested, sources said on Monday.

According to Iraq’s Sumeriya News, local sources in Nineveh quoted defected ISIL leaders as saying that al-Baghdadi has managed to escape from Mosul to Raqqa, but his wife has been arrested.

The defected militants stated that senior members of the terrorist group, called the ISIL police, have rebelled against al-Baghdadi and called on his supporters to surrender themselves.

The source did not mention who has arrested Baghdadi’s wife, but his words implied that she has been captured during a mutini and by those who rebelled against the terror leader.

The former members of the militant group underlnied that Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and ISIL’s reign of fear over Mosul has ended.

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