Somalia's Islamic State affiliate vows support for group's new leader
Monday November 4, 2019
This frame grab from
video posted online Monday, March 18, 2019, shows ISIS fighters carrying the
group’s flag inside Baghouz, Syria. (File photo: AP)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Somalia’s Islamic
State affiliate, one of the most important outposts of the militant group,
swore allegiance in a statement on Sunday to the new leader named by the
organisation following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Somalia’s Province posted pictures
on Telegram of around a dozen fighters standing among trees, with a caption
saying they were pledging allegiance to Quraishi.
Quraishi was named as the
organisation’s leader on Thursday in an audio message that also confirmed
Baghdadi’s death and vowed revenge against the United States. U.S. special
forces killed Baghdadi in a raid in northwest Syria.
Reporting by Hesham Abdul Khalek;
Editing by Will Dunham
Source: Reuters
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