IS Leader

• ISIS leader al-Baghdadi appears in video for first time in 5 years

  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.

  World

  Apr 29, 2019
  
• Despite losing all territory, Islamic State’s leader 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, with his whereabouts unknown.

  World

  Mar 23, 2019
  
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• Why The New York Times is feuding with Fox News over a ‘malicious’ TV segment

  Fox News claimed the newspaper foiled an attempt by the U.S. military to kill Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

  World

  Jul 24, 2017
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• Russia verifying whether it killed Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi in airstrike

  The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State said it could not confirm the Russian report that Baghdadi may have been killed.

  World

  Jun 16, 2017