Islamic State Leader

• Turkey says it captured wife of slain Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

  Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara on Wednesday but gave no other details.

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  Nov 6, 2019
  
• 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.

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  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.

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  Apr 29, 2019
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• 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.

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  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.

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  Aug 26, 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.

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  Jul 3, 2018
• ISIS releases purported new audio message from top leader al-Baghdadi

  The last previous purported message from al-Baghdadi was released in November.

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  Sep 28, 2017
• Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi likely still alive: U.S. commander

  Russian officials claimed in June there was a “high probability” that al-Baghdadi had died.

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  Aug 31, 2017
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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.

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  Jul 24, 2017
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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.

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  Jul 11, 2017