The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. forces leaves the Islamic State without an obvious leader, a major setback for an organization that in March was forced by American troops and Kurdish ...

As these ISIS strongholds come under assault, the whereabouts of the extremist group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are in question. According to Col. John Dorrian, spokesman for Operation ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the cunning and enigmatic black-clad leader of the Islamic State who transformed a flagging insurgency into a global terrorist network that drew tens of thousands of recruits ...

“The true heir to Osama bin Laden may be ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” wrote The Washington Post’s David Ignatius. He is “more violent, more virulent, more anti-American,” a senior ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been all of these, and now – after he was killed in a raid by US troops – he leaves behind a trail of ghastly crimes, internecine hatreds and the sad realization that ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Iraqi who rose from obscurity to declare himself “caliph” of all Muslims as the leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) armed group ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the reclusive leader of the world’s deadliest terrorist movement, was killed during a daring nighttime raid by U.S. Special Operations soldiers in northwestern Syria ...

A source with knowledge said US President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw US troops from Syria had a major impact on the planning of the operation which killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...