Report: ISIS leader Baghdadi close to being 'captured or killed'
The Iraqi Army is basing its conclusion on a military assessment following a recent battle it held with ISIS militants in the city of Tel Afar, located just 63KM from Mosul.
A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al Baghdadi made a rare public appearance at a mosque in the center of Mosul, on July 5, 2014.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUAUpdated: