MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : A LAST LETTER BY AL BAGHDADI ? – ISIS

ISIS Releases Purported Message From Leader

In what is believed to be his first publicized message to followers (Al Jazeera) in a year, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi referenced current events, including a U.S.-Turkish dispute over a jailed American pastor, and criticized rebels who have surrendered to President Bashar al-Assad in southern Syria.

In Foreign Affairs, Suha Maayeh and Nicholas A. Heras discuss the fall of Daraa in the country’s south.