ISIL's Baghdadi Escapes from Iraq to Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- Top Chief of the ISIL terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has left the town of Rawa in Western Iraq to Eastern Syria, a well-informed source in Anbar province reported on Monday.

News ID: 66890

Date: 06 November 2017 - 15:30

The source said that al-Baghdadi left Rawa for Syria's Deir Ezzur along with a number of ISIL commanders after the Iraqi forces captured the town of al-Qa'em.

The source added that al-Baghdadi called on ISIL fighters in al-Qa'em to continue battle with Iraqi forces, but, he himself escaped from Rawa.

The source who requested to remain anonymous said that al-Baghdadi left Iraq for Syria in a yellow taxi and would be in Deir Ezzur province.

The report comes as there have been contradictory reports on the fate of Baghdadi putting his life or dead under a question mark.

The Iraqi forces managed to capture al-Qa'em near the Syrian border from the ISIL group on Friday.

"Army troops backed by Hashd al-Shaabi fighters and Arab tribal volunteers have completely liberated the town of al-Qa'em’s center,” Colonel Walid al-Duleimi said.

"The Iraqi national flag has been raised over the town’s local government headquarters,” he added.

The commander stressed that Iraqi forces also established control over the nearby al-Qa'em border crossing.

Also, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that Iraqi forces retook control of the town of al-Qa'em from ISIL terrorists, congratulating the troops on their latest victory against the terrorist group.