Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Middle East 02/07/22, 02:29

Joe Biden's administration plans to visit the Middle East before Christmas. The White House confirmed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett recently invited President Biden to Israel before the end of 2022. "The president thanked the prime minister for his invitation to visit Israel and said he looks forward to a visit later ...

U.S. 11/30/19, 13:28

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said the defeat of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by President Donald Trump's command forces was more significant than the death of Osama bin-Laden. "President Trump, people talked a lot about bin Laden, but what you did to eliminate al-Baghdadi—who was an organizer and not a talker—is ...

Politics 11/12/19, 16:56

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that America now has its eye on a new Islamic State leader, telling the Economic Club of New York that "we know where he is." Trump didn't mention the name of the new target, but he is likely referring to Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the man ...

World 11/06/19, 10:54

Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara but gave no other details. He did not say when or how the woman ...

World 11/04/19, 16:18

Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an intelligence "gold mine." Little is known about the sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Turkish official said the 65-year-old known as ...

Politics 10/30/19, 17:46

The military working dog injured in the raid last weekend that led to the death of the Islamic State leader was hurt after being exposed to live electrical cables but has returned to active duty, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Gen. Frank McKenzie, who leads U.S. Central Command, told reporters the dog ...

U.S. 10/29/19, 15:24

President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Oct. 29, confirmed the death of another ISIS leader who is the No.1 successor of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Just confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s number one replacement has been terminated by American troops. Most likely would have taken the top spot—Now he is also Dead!” the ...

U.S. 10/29/19, 07:24

The terrorist most likely to succeed al-Baghdadi after U.S. military forces took him down on Saturday, Oct. 24, has also been killed in a separate raid. Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, married to one of Baghdadi's daughters, was the primary spokesman for ISIS; he was killed in northern Syria one day after Baghdadi ...

U.S. 10/28/19, 19:26

President Donald Trump on Monday, Oct. 28, revealed a photo of the wonderful dog who was the only U.S. casualty in the raid that defeated the world’s No.1 terrorist leader. “We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and ...

U.S. 10/28/19, 18:26

Robert J. O'Neill is the former Navy SEAL credited with firing the fatal shots that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011. After the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by a U.S.led military operation on Saturday night, Oct. 26, O'Neill expressed his feelings in a ...

U.S. 10/28/19, 17:30

Pentagon officials announced on Monday, Oct. 28,  that the U.S. military dog who played a key role in the raid that ended ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s life is now “fully recovering” from its injuries. The canine hero chased al-Baghdadi down a tunnel at his compound in Syria’s Idlib Province, where ...

D.C. 10/28/19, 14:39

Talking to The Arizona Republic on Sunday, Oct. 27, parents of ISIS hostage, Kayla Mueller claimed that their daughter might still be alive if President Obama had been as "decisive" as President Trump in dealing with ISIS. Mueller was a U.S. human rights worker who died in 2015 after two years ...

Politics 10/28/19, 12:55

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has applauded President Donald Trump and his team for their leadership in eliminating ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “I applaud our intelligence professionals, the brave service members who risked everything to carry out this mission, and President Trump and his team,” McConnell said in a ...

U.S. 10/28/19, 10:53

The United States military and Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed that an ISIS spokesman was killed in the raid shortly after the death of the leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. According to SDF Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi, the deceased official was a senior assistant for al- Baghdadi called Abu Hesen al ...

Politics 10/28/19, 03:43

President Donald Trump, as commander-in-chief, directed U.S. forces to kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and obliterate his so-called caliphate, but Democratic presidential candidates, including top-runners Joe Biden, Bernie Sander, and Elizabeth Warren, refused to give the president any credit for the victory. President Trump on Sunday, Oct. 27, announced the ...

World 10/27/19, 07:09

ISIS erupted from the chaos of Syria and Iraq's conflicts and swiftly did what no Islamic militant group had done before, conquering a giant stretch of territory and declaring itself a "caliphate." Its territorial rule, which at its height in 2014 stretched across nearly a third of both Syria and Iraq, ...

World 05/01/19, 06:31

No longer burdened by territory and administration, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi outlined the new path forward for his group: Widen your reach, connect with far-flung militant groups and exhaust your enemies with a "war of attrition."The deadly Easter attacks in Sri Lanka a week before his video ...

World 04/30/19, 09:08

They make threats from their hideaway lairs and celebrate mass attacks. The ending isn't scripted for these hunted men with horrifying death tolls on their hands. When the reclusive Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appeared in a video Monday, he was the latest in a series of most-wanted figures ...

World 04/29/19, 11:59

The leader of the Islamic State group has appeared for the first time in 5 years in a video released by the extremist group's propaganda arm. He talks about war against "Crusaders". The video released by Al-Furqan on Monday shows Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appearing with a bushy grey and red beard, ...

World 03/23/19, 08:25

The Islamic State group has lost all the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, but its shadowy leader and self-proclaimed "caliph" is still at large.With a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the world's most wanted man, responsible for steering his chillingly violent ...