Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi still alive: Iraq spy chief
The head of Iraq's intelligence and anti-terrorism department, Abu Ali al-Basri, has claimed that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was still alive. Insisting that reports about Baghdadi's death were untrue, Basri said that Baghdadi is still hiding in an area outside the Syrian city of Raqqa. Reports of the Islamic State confirming Baghdadi's death had surfaced earlier this month.