ISIS has released a new audio recording that purportedly features its reclusive leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. If confirmed to be his voice, it would be his first recording to emerge in nearly a year.
The message runs almost an hour long and was released on Wednesday by the militant group’s propaganda outlet, al-Furqan Foundation, according to The Associated Press. When and where it was recorded is unknown.
The recording was released as the U.S. claims that ISIS has been greatly diminished or, in the words of President Trump, “absolutely obliterated.”
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