The elusive chief of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released on Monday by the jihadist organisation. It is unclear when the footage was filmed, but Baghdadi referred in the past tense to the months-long fight for Baghouz, IS's final bastion in eastern Syria, which ended last month.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/isis-chief-baghdadi-appears-for-first-time-in-five-years-propaganda-video/articleshow/69102342.cms