Cairo: The Islamic State terror organisation on Thursday named Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi as its new leader after it confirmed the death of Abu Bak al-Baghdadi who was killed in a US raid in northern Syria. A spokesperson for the terror organisation, Abu Hasan Al Mohager, was also killed, the group said in a voice message on […]
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US military releases first images of raid on Baghdadi
Washington: The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria in which the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group was killed. Grainy video showed troops firing at militants on the ground as they flew towards the compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hiding before they moved in on the ground, […]
Baghdadi raid was named after IS victim Kayla Mueller
Washington: The US military raid that killed Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was named after Kayla Mueller, an American who was kidnapped and killed by the terror group. The 26-year-old human rights worker was taken prisoner by the IS when she visited a hospital while helping civil war refugees in Syria in 2013, […]
DNA samples from Baghdadi’s underwear, blood confirmed identity
Washington: US forces were able to confirm the identity of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the Islamic State (IS) who was killed in a raid in Syria, using DNA samples taken from his underwear and blood, it was revealed. In a televised address on Sunday evening, US President Donald Trump had announced that “the […]
Baghdadi, the ‘caliph’ of terror
Cairo: Until his death in a US special operations raid in northwest Syria overnight, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was the world’s most-wanted terrorist leaders since al-Qaida’s Osama Bin Laden. He will be remembered as a ruthless terrorist, powerful enough to declare a so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria and to export his bloody vision of holy […]
Not aware of any US operation in Syria: Russian military
Moscow: The Russian military on Sunday queried the US announcement, made by President Donald Trump, that it had tracked down and killed IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Syria’s Idlib, saying it had no “reliable information about” any US military operations in the region. In a statement, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov […]
IS chief al-Baghdadi killed in US op in Syria: Trump
Washington: Fugitive Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in a US military operation in northwest Syria, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday. Speaking from the White House, Trump said al-Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest during a raid by special forces late on Saturday, the BBC reported. US special forces executed […]
IS tried for foothold in UP during 2016-17: Report
New Delhi: The dreaded Islamic State, whose leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reportedly killed in raids conducted by the United States on Sunday, had also tried to get a foothold in India in 2016-17, a report said. It was May 2016 when a purported ISIS video threatening to unleash terror in Uttar Pradesh left security agencies […]
IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi believed to have been killed
Washington: News reports have suggested that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, was believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the American military in northwest Syria. CNN reported of the development citing a senior US defence official and an informed source as saying of the incident […]
IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi injured in 2017 airstrike: US officials
Washington : Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was injured in an airstrike in May 2017 and had to relinquish control of the terror group for up to five months, US officials told CNN. US intelligence agencies have assessed with a high degree of confidence that the world’s most wanted man was near Raqqa, […]