URGENT: ISIS Leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, flees Syria airstrikes to Mosul says KDP

Erbil (IraqiNews.com) The Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani, announced that the leader of the terrorist organization of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, arrived in the city of Mosul after fleeing from the violent aerial bombardment on the Syrian city of Raqqa.

The Kurdistan Democratic Party said in a statement posted on its website and followed by IraqiNews.com that “after the international coalition started the bombardment on the Syrian cities, Baghdadi was forced to move between Syria and Iraq, noting that the air strikes targeted him on his way to Anbar a few weeks ago.”

The statement added that “this morning, the terrorist gunmen of ISIS began a widespread campaign of intimidation in the streets of Mosul. They are inspecting the identification of all vehicle passengers and bystanders traveling in groups of 2 or more people.”