Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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Donald Trump Attacks ‘illegal’ Report On Sessions Russian Meeting

US President Donald Trump has attacked “illegal leaks” following reports his attorney general discussed...

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Trump Slams NY Times For ‘foiling’ Bid To Capture IS Chief

President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked The New York Times and its "sick agenda," alleging that one of the paper's...

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Pentagon Chief Says He Thinks IS Leader Baghdadi Is Alive

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive,...

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Kremlin Says ‘contradictory’ Reports On Baghdadi Death

Moscow on Monday said it was struggling to confirm if the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...

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US Has No Proof IS Leader Baghdadi Is Dead

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday he cannot confirm whether or not Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...

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ISIS Admits Its Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Is Dead

ISIS has finally admitted its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, according to reports in Iraq. The terror group is...

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IS Chief Reported Dead After Jihadists Lose Mosul

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported dead on Tuesday, a day after Iraq declared it had driven...

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Syria Monitor Says IS Chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Dead

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Tuesday it had information from top Islamic State group...

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US Soldier Charged With Trying To Provide Support To IS

A US soldier based in Hawaii has been arrested on charges he swore allegiance to the Islamic State and tried to provide...

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Trump Congratulates Iraqi PM On Mosul ‘victory’

President Donald Trump on Monday hailed the "victory" of Iraqi forces over the Islamic State group in the northern city...

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Iraqi Troops Clearing Last IS Militants

Iraqi security forces are clearing the final pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul....

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World Jihad’s Low-Profile Boss

Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world's most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly...

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Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’

Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the...

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Iraq’s Second City and Cultural Jewel

Mosul, wrested from the Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday, is Iraq's second city and one of its cultural jewels....

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The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State...

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Mosul Victory Imminent, US Says, As Iraqi Forces Celebrate

Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said...

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Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists

The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State...

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Iraq Gains Ground In Mosul’s Old City As It Presses Assault On IS

Special forces have recaptured more of Mosul's historic heart as they press the final stages of an assault to drive the...

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Iraq Forces Retake Hospital Near Mosul’s Old City

Iraqi forces have recaptured a hospital and other medical facilities in west Mosul, further isolating Islamic State...