ISIS Seeks to Sow Sectarian Discords

An army commander in the Syrian opposition, Azzam al-Saqr illustrated that al-Mawli was arrested in Baghdad, where al-Baghdadi was also detained. From there, al-Mawli gained the latter’s trust, but a month before the assassination of al-Baghdadi, they met and have had a spat, fanning accusations that he betrayed his leader. The Lawyer and activist in the Islamic groups’ affairs, Khaled Al-Ahmad added in this regard that al-Mawli was only released after he disclosed the whereabouts of ISIS top figures. It is worth mentioning that after al-Mawli assumed the throne, 2500 terrorist operations were conducted in 30 countries around the world, only during 2020