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5 days ago · Many thought that the problem of the Islamic State was resolved when the organization’s supreme leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in October 2019. His death coincided with the general ...
4 days ago · In June 2014, after making significant territorial gains in Iraq, the group proclaimed the establishment of a caliphate led by the leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. International efforts to defeat the group led to its decline, and both Syria and Iraq considered ISIL effectively defeated by November 2017, though ISIL continued to hold a ...
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1 day ago · By 2019, ISIS’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed in a U.S. raid, its last redoubts had fallen and then-President Donald Trump claimed “100 percent” success in the anti-ISIS ...
6 days ago · After the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, ISI, then-led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, continued its insurgency against the Iraqi government. In April 2013, the group officially changed its name to "Islamic State of Iraq and Levant" and established a presence in Syria.
5 days ago · These statistics, sourced from publicly available datasets compiled by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, also show that more than 320 of these attacks were carried out even after the 2022 death of Daesh leader Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi, the successor to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
5 days ago · Abdulqadir Mumin has been the target of several assassination attempts due to his high-profile role within ISIS. On October 22, 2015, after publicly pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Mumin became a key target for counterterrorism operations.
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2 days ago · In May 2021, ISWAP attacked and overran Boko Haram militants in the Sambisa Forest and the leader of Boko Haram Shekau was killed during the fighting, reportedly using a suicide vest. [98] In August, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leading commander of ISWAP, was killed. [99]