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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death ushers in new phase for Islamic State; next leader could consolidate hold on Syria, Iraq or focus on global outreach
FirstpostAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s demise only a few months after Islamic State lost its territorial hold ushers in a new phase for the group amid uncertainty over the new leadership as thousands of its supporters and members languish in prisons in northeastern Syria Beirut: One of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s last audio messages was an appeal for his followers to do everything in their power to free Islamic State detainees and the women being held in jails and camps in northeastern Syria. The Islamic State Shura council, the shadowy group’s leadership of 10 or so people, is supposed to choose the next leader if al-Baghdadi had designated a successor. Forces from the Kurdish-led internal security agency were “on high alert” in anticipation of possible riots in the camps, attacks on the prisons and an increase in “revenge attacks” in northeastern Syria where most of the group’s members and supporters are, the official with the agency said. Jennifer Cafarella, a Syria expert with the DC-based Institute for the Study of War, said it wasn’t yet clear whether Islamic State would pick an Iraqi leader.
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