From 'caliph' to fugitive: IS leader Baghdadi's new life on the run
By Michael Georgy and Maher Chmaytelli | BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is on the brink of losing the two main centers of his 'caliphate' but even though he is on the run, it may take years to capture or kill him, officials and experts said.
Islamic State fighters are close to defeat in the twin capitals of the group's territory, Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, and officials say Baghdadi is steering clear of both, hiding in thousands of square miles of desert between the two.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-baghdadi-idUSKBN1931IR
