The recording released Monday was spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir's first since September.
The official spokesman for ISIS has released a new message mocking President Donald Trump, even as the group faces annihilation in its final tiny pocket of territory in Syria.
Remaining ISIS fighters and their families have been pushed back to the last area under the group’s control—a ramshackle tent city in the village of Baghuz in southeastern Syria, close to the Iraqi border. Hemmed in on all sides by the U.S.-backed and Kurdish led Syrian Democratic Forces , the militants are being pummeled by artillery and airstrikes daily. Though thousands have surrendered, many are expected to fight to the death.
He also referenced Trump’s claim not to know Brett McGurk, who resigned as America’s special envoy in the fight against ISIS after the president announced that he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria. The furore also led to the resignation of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, amid suggestions that the U.S. was leaving the fight against ISIS before it was over and abandoning its local allies.
During his visit, Trump said it was “sad” such extensive security measures were needed for his trip, given the U.S. has spent around $7 trillion stabilizing the region. “How strange for a victor who can’t even announce publicly an official visit to a country he claims to be bringing peace and stability to,” al-Muhajir said, referring to Trump’s comments.
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