Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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US Deploys More Troops In Syria, Turning Up Heat On IS

The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into...

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IS Leader Baghdadi ‘flees Mosul’ As Iraqi Forces Advance

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to...

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IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’

The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...

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Family In Tears As They Flee ISIS-Held Street In Mosul

A mother-of-two sobs as she carries her young son down a street in war-torn Mosul following heavy clashes today between...

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Twelve Treated For Chemical Weapons Agents In Mosul Since March 1

Twelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in...

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Up To 15,000 IS Fighters Remain In Iraq and Syria

Between 12,000 and 15,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, a top US general said Wednesday, an...

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Iraq Forces Battle IS To Close In On Mosul’s West Bank

Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on...

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U. S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a ground offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their...

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Key Dates In Battle For Mosul

Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on...

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Valentine’s Day Returns To Iraq’s IS-Free East Mosul

Valentine's Day returned Tuesday to the eastern sector of the Iraqi city of Mosul from where the Islamic State group...

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Iraq Hits IS Commanders, Baghdadi Fate Unclear

The Iraqi air force has targeted a meeting of commanders from the Islamic State group that its leader Abu Bakr...

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UK Sees IS Being Ousted From Iraq Towns This Year

British Defence Minister Michael Fallon said Saturday in Iraq that he expected to see the Islamic State group expelled...

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Tunisian Suspect In Germany Truck Attack Freed

A 40-year-old Tunisian man who was held on suspicion of being an accomplice of suspected jihadist Berlin truck attacker...

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Berlin Truck-Attack Suspect Fled To France Before Italy

Italian Police officers work next to the body of Anis Amri, the suspect Surveillance footage confirms that Anis Amri,...

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Tunisia Arrests Suspect Amri’s Nephew

Tunisian security forces have arrested the nephew of the Berlin market attacker Anis Amri and two others suspects,...

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Berlin Attacker Anis Amri Killed In Milan

The Berlin market attacker, Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police in Milan. The Tunisian criminal fired on police who...

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Paranoid ISIS Leader Reportedly Refuses To Sleep Without Suicide Vest

As U. S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State's hub of Mosul, the leader of the terror network has become...

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Iraqi PM Warns Islamic State Fighters

The Iraqi prime minister has warned so-called Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down their weapons...

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No Retreat From Mosul Assault

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers on Thursday there could be no retreat in a "total war"...