ISIS Caliphate

• Trump says the Islamic State’s leader is dead. What will the group do next?

  ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly died in a U.S. special forces operation Saturday, but some experts are saying his death won't detract much from goal of creating a widespread Islamic caliphate.

  World

  Oct 27, 2019
  
• ISIS may be defeated on battlefield but ideology ‘alive and well’: Canadian commander

  "The ideology has in no way at all been defeated," says a former Canadian commander in Iraq.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2019
  
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• ISIS’ defeat in Iraq down to Trump, not Obama: Steve Bannon

  Bannon was speaking at a rally event for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

  Politics

  Dec 12, 2017
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• Islamic State destroys historic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul where it declared ‘caliphate’

  ISIS militants blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq's military said in a statement.

  World

  Jun 21, 2017
• Mosul marks beginning of ISIS caliphate’s end: UN

  The operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul marks the beginning of the end of the Islamic State group's so-called caliphate in Iraq, the U.N. envoy for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.

  World

  Nov 9, 2016