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On 26–27 October 2019, the United States conducted a military operation code named Operation Kayla Mueller that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the then-leader and self-proclaimed caliph of the ISIS terrorist organization. The operation took place in the outskirts of Barisha, Idlib Governorate, Syria.
[19] [20] Having at some time taken the name Abu Bakr, al-Baghdadi is thought to have adopted the name of the first caliph, Abu Bakr. During the times when Muhammad [21] might have suffered from illnesses, Abu Bakr was the replacement for leading prayer, according to the Sunni tradition [22] of Islam. [23]
He died of illness after a reign of 2 years, 2 months and 14 days, the only Rashidun caliph to die of natural causes. Though Abu Bakr's reign was short, it included successful invasions of the two most powerful empires of the time, the Sassanian Empire and the Byzantine Empire. He set in motion a historical trajectory that in a few decades ...
The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may not change the world. But how it came about says a fair amount about the world he has departed. What the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Says About the War That ...
Kataeb Hezbollah announced Abu Bakr’s death “following the bombing of the American occupation forces” in a statement. Those officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t ...
Following the deaths of Muhammad and the first caliph Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) in 632 and 634 respectively, Umar (r. 634–644) became the new caliph. Continuing the wars of conquest initiated by Abu Bakr, he brought about the almost complete collapse of Sasanian Persia. The Byzantine Empire was restricted to Anatolia and central North Africa. [4]
An Iraqi court issued a death sentence against a wife of the late Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, for working with the group and detaining Yazidi women in her home, the Iraqi judiciary ...
The attack on Fatima's house refers to a disputed violent attack on the house of Fatima, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [1] The attack is said to have taken place shortly after the death of Muhammad in 11 AH (632 CE) and was instigated by his successor Abu Bakr and led by Umar, another companion.