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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in November 2019 in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria, rose from obscurity to lead the ultra-hardline group and declare himself "caliph" of ...
An Iraqi court issued a death sentence against one of the wives of the late brutal Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, alleging that she was complicit in crimes committed against Yazidi ...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a pseudonym. [18] His kunya (teknonym) was Abu Bakr, meaning "father of a young camel". [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.
ISIL's Amaq News Agency confirmed Baghdadi's death on October 31 and announced Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi as his successor. [78] Abu Hamza al-Qurashi became their new spokesman after its prior spokesperson, Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir , was killed in an October 27 U.S. strike in northwest Syria following the Barisha raid.
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. حَمِيدُ دَاوُدَ مُحَمَّدُ خَلِيلِ ٱلزَّاوِيِّ (1959–2010) 15 October 2006 18 April 2010 3 years, 185 days Al-Baghdadi was killed when a joint operation of US and Iraqi forces rocketed a safe house 10 kilometers (6 mi) southwest of Tikrit. [1] 2 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
As Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), sent him back home to establish the Al-Nusra Front, a branch of Al Qaeda. But when Baghdadi ...
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday released its first images from last weekend's commando raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and ...
Mohamed Mahmoud – "Abu Usama al-Gharib" (Egyptian-Austrian leader, killed in Syria on 28 November 2018) [124] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Founder and Leader, killed on 27 October 2019) [125] [126] Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir (Spokesman and senior leader, named as a possible successor for al-Baghdadi; killed in an airstrike on 27 October 2019) [127]