ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may be present in Syria

A Hezbollah-run news outlet said on Friday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported present in the Syrian town of Albu Kamal during the Syrian army and its allies’ operation to clear it.

Syria’s army declared victory over Islamic State on Thursday, saying its capture of the jihadists’ last town in the country marked the collapse of their project in the region.

The report did not say if Baghdadi was captured in the town, which the Syrian army and its allies said they had captured this week.