{"id":118626,"date":"2019-09-16T20:08:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T20:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/16\/isis-leader-calls-on-fighters-to-free-detained-comrades\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:40:20","slug":"isis-leader-calls-on-fighters-to-free-detained-comrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/16\/isis-leader-calls-on-fighters-to-free-detained-comrades\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS leader calls on fighters to free detained comrades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 The leader of the Islamic State group released a new alleged audio recording Monday calling on members of the extremist group to do all they can to free ISIS detainees and women held in jails and camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purported audio by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/04\/29\/isis-leader-baghdadi-appears-in-video-for-the-first-time-in-5-years\/\" target=_blank>Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi<\/a>, in which he also said that his group is carrying out attacks in different countries, was his first public statement since April, when the shadowy leader appeared in a video for the first time in five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 30-minute recording released by a media arm of the group, Al-Furqan, al-Baghdadi asked: \u201cHow can a Muslim enjoy life?\u201d when Muslim women are held in camps he called \u201cprisons of humiliation run by Crusaders and their Shiite followers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/05\/01\/baghdadi-outlines-path-forward-for-islamic-state-post-caliphate\/\" 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