Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the secretive leader of the Islamic
State group, called for an uprising in Saudi Arabia and pledged to
attack Israel, in an audio recording released Saturday and attributed to
him.
The 24-minute recording would be Baghdadi's first
in seven months, during which IS has been dealt several blows in Iraq
and Syria.
There was no way for AFP to authenticate that it was
Baghdadi speaking, but the voice appeared to match previous recordings
of him.
And it was not clear when the recording was made, but it
referred to a 34-nation anti-IS coalition announced by Saudi Arabia on
December 15.
"They announced lately a coalition... falsely called
'Islamic,' and announced its goal is to fight the caliphate," said the
speaker in the recording circulating among pro-IS Twitter us
Read more: Flash - IS leader urges uprising in Saudi, attacks in Israel: recording - France 24
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