Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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Body of Berlin Attack Suspect Returned To Tunisia

The body of Anis Amri, the Tunisian blamed for the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market, was repatriated to...

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Mosul Victory In ‘days’ As Pressure On IS Mounts

Iraq will declare victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul during the "next few days," a senior commander said...

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Iraq Sees End To ‘caliphate’ As Mosul Mosque Recaptured

Iraq declared the Islamic State group's "caliphate" was coming to an end after it recaptured Mosul's iconic Nuri mosque...

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IS Has Lost 60% of Territory, 80% of Revenue

The Islamic State group has lost more than 60 percent of its territory and 80 percent of its revenue, an analysis firm...

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Iraq Military Says It Has Retaken Iconic Mosul Mosque

The Iraqi military announced on Thursday that special forces had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where jihadist...

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Iraq Forces Comb West Mosul After IS Counter-Attacks

Iraqi forces launched a house-to-house search operation Monday in parts of west Mosul after a surprise attack by...

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Iraq Forces Push Deep Into Devastated Old Mosul

Iraqi forces battled deep into the devastated historical heart of Mosul and closed in fast on the last pockets of...

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Two Thirds of Mosul Old City Retaken From IS

Iraqi forces have retaken two thirds of old Mosul, a week after launching an offensive against the Islamic State...

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Bomber Sows Death Among Civilians Fleeing Mosul

A suicide bomber blew himself up Friday among civilians fleeing the Old City of Mosul, where increasingly desperate...

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US Condemns Islamic State Demolition of Mosul Mosque

The United States on Thursday branded the Islamic State group's demolition of an 800-year-old mosque in Mosul an attack...

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IS Destroys Iconic Mosul Minaret As Iraqi Forces Advance

Mosul's trademark leaning minaret was missing from its skyline for the first time in centuries Thursday after desperate...

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IS Blows Up Mosul Mosque Where Baghdadi Announced ‘caliphate’

Jihadists on Wednesday blew up Mosul's iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque where their leader Abu Bakr...

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US-Led Coalition Says Syria Strike Killed ‘top IS Cleric’

The US-led coalition said Tuesday it had killed the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed top cleric in an air strike...

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Iraqi Forces Advance In Mosul Old City, Rescue Civilians

Iraqi forces said Tuesday they were fighting fierce battles with the Islamic State group and rescuing escaping...

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Russia ‘may Have Killed IS Head Baghdadi’

Russia's defence ministry is investigating whether one of its air strikes in Syria killed the leader of the Islamic...

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Philippine Troops Raise Flag As Bombs Fall On Islamist-Held City

Embattled Philippine troops struggling to force out Islamist militants from a southern city raised the national flag...

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Five Facts On Targeted IS-Held Syrian City of Raqa

As US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces broke into the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa on Tuesday for the first...

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Iraq Forces Launch New Push On IS In West Mosul

Iraqi forces thrust into west Mosul from the north on Thursday, opening a new front in the more than six-month-old...

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The FBI Translator Who Went Rogue and Married An ISIS Terrorist

The FBI translator who went rogue and married an ISIS terrorist Daniela Greene went rogue and married Denis Cuspert,...