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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Latest 12 March 2022

New Islamic State leader is brother of slain caliph Baghdadi

The new leader of Islamic State, whose appointment the group announced on Thursday, is the brother of slain former caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to two Iraqi security officials and…

USA · 31 Oct 2019 ISIS spy who betrayed al-Baghdadi was motivated by revenge NBC reports that ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was betrayed by a member of his inner circle who helped lead American troops… USA · 31 Oct 2019 US releases first video of raid on al Baghdadi compound Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie briefed Pentagon reporters on the Oct. 26 raid in northwestern Syria that resulted in Abu Bakr… USA · 28 Oct 2019 Likely Successor to Dead ISIS Leader Also Reported Killed Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, spokesman of the Islamic State, is believed to have been killed a day after the American raid that left… Syria · 28 Oct 2019 Photos from the site of the U.S. military strike that killed ISIS leader Photos at the site that was the centre of the US military strike that killed nine people, including Abu Baker al-Baghdadi, the… Terrorism · 28 Oct 2019 Macron warns ISIS leader’s death not the end of the group French President Emmanuel Macron has gone on Twitter to warn that the death of ISIS group founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi… USA · 28 Oct 2019 Trump confirms ISIS leader al-Baghdadi killed in US operation US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that US special forces had killed "Islamic State" (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in northern…