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• ISIS leader kills himself, family during U.S. military raid in Syria

  U.S. Special Operations forces successfully carried out a counter-terrorism mission in northwest Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon said, but did not share any further details.

  World

  Feb 3, 2022
  
• New phase for ISIS begins as 80K members still detained, despite leader’s death

  With news of the extremist group's leader's death, Kurdish security forces worry about the possibility of attacks or rioting at facilities which hold more than 80,000 members and supporters of the militant group, including women and children.

  World

  Oct 28, 2019
  
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• Canada’s threat level stays at medium following death of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi

  Canada's national-threat level has not changed from medium, where it has sat for the past five years.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2019
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• 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
• Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed in joint strike

  Abu Saad Erhabi was killed in a strike on the group's hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday.

  World

  Aug 26, 2018
• ISIS leader al-Baghdadi appears to call for attacks on Canada in new audio recording

  The leader of the Islamic State group has called for attacks on Canada and other Western countries in a new audio recording, the first attributed to him in nearly a year.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2018
• Son of Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi killed in Syria: IS news channel

   A son of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in the city of Homs in Syria, the group's news channel reported on Tuesday.

  World

  Jul 3, 2018
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• Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi dead, Syrian human rights group says

  Russia's Defence Ministry said in June that it might have killed Baghdadi when one of its air strikes hit a gathering of Islamic State commanders on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Raqqa.

  World

  Jul 11, 2017