Leader of Islamist militant ISIL appears in first internet video

The leader of the Sunni militant group ISIL which has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria has appeared for the first time in a video posted on a Jihadist website. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a self-appointed ’caliph’, was filmed preaching in Mosul, Iraq’s second city. He called on all Muslims to obey him. The video appeared at a time when the militant leader had been reported killed or wounded in an Iraqi air raid. Al-Baghdadi praised the establishment of the “Islamic state“ which was declared b... READ MORE : What is in the news today? Click to watch: euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! euronews is available in 14 languages: In English: Website: Facebook: Twitter: Google : euronews VKontakte: