Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

USA

Who's a good boy? US won't name dog that helped catch ISIS leader

The dog, whose name is classified, was chasing al-Baghdadi in a tunnel when the ISIS leader detonated a suicide vest.

29 October 2019

USA

Euroviews. Trump is using ISIS leader's death to distract from his failures. Don't let him ǀ View

Despite Trump’s grandstanding, and despite even this latest, legitimately positive news regarding Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the past few weeks have not been a collective success. Rather, they have been a boon for America’s adversaries and a catastrophe for its friends.

28 October 2019

Syria

ISIS insider helped in hunt for leader al-Baghdadi

An ISIS insider who gained the trust of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was passing on information about his whereabouts to the United States via Kurdish officials, NBC News' Richard Engel reports.

28 October 2019

USA

Inside the secret U.S. mission that killed ISIS leader al-Baghdadi

Chased by U.S. special operations dogs, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi fled into what President Trump called a dead-end tunnel with three children.

27 October 2019

Iraq

How Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the leader of the Islamic State

Born Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Al-Badr, Baghdadi rose to lead the brutal militant group in Iraq and Syria.

27 October 2019

Iraq

How Kurdish-led intelligence helped track Baghdadi

How Kurdish-led intelligence helped track Baghdadi

27 October 2019

World News

What clues are in purported Al-Baghdadi video?

Experts are scrutinising the purported video message from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for clues about his whereabouts and the terror organisation’s next moves.

30 April 2019