Oct 28 Security increased at IS prisons after leader’s death By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Forces from the Kurdish-led internal security agency were "on high alert" after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death in anticipation of possible riots or attacks. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 3:45 How will the success of the U.S. raid impact Middle East relations? By PBS NewsHour In his announcement Sunday morning, President Trump thanked Russia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq and the Syrian Kurds for supporting the military mission that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Vali Nasr, a former senior U.S. State Department advisor and a Middle East scholar… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 3:56 What al-Baghdadi’s death means for Islamic State leadership A U.S. military raid this weekend achieved the long-standing goal of killing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State. But with the group’s continued presence around the globe, who will fill the leadership vacuum left by his death?… Continue watching
Oct 27 Timeline of the rise and fall of the Islamic State group By Associated Press Key moments in the rise and fall of the Islamic State group. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 4:30 How a U.S. military raid killed the Islamic State’s leader By PBS NewsHour President Trump on Sunday described a harrowing U.S. military assault that led to the death this weekend of the long-sought leader of the Islamic State group. Nick Schifrin, foreign affairs and defense correspondent for NewsHour, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington,… Continue watching
Oct 27 Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror By Adam Schreck, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish a new Islamic "caliphate" across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating militant leader of the Islamic State group who brought terror to the heart of Europe and… Continue reading
Oct 27 Al-Baghdadi’s death a blow, but IS has survived other losses By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi marks the demise of one of the most brutally effective jihadist leaders of modern times — a man who commanded tens of thousands of fighters from around the world, carved out… Continue reading
Oct 27 WATCH: Trump says Islamic State leader dead after US raid in Syria By Robert Burns, Deb Riechmann, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Donald Trump said Sunday. Continue reading
Apr 30 In video message, Islamic State chief emulates other hunted leaders By Tamer Fakahany, Associated Press 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 to use the medium to communicate with the outside world. Continue reading
Apr 29 Islamic State leader appears in video for first time in 5 years By Zeina Karam, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Al-Bagdadi acknowledged that IS lost the war in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz, which was captured last month by the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Continue reading