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Turkey says it captured Baghdadi’s sister

He named the woman as Rasmiya Awad, and said she was born in 1954

ISIS chief reported dead after militants lose Mosul

BEIRUT: Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported dead on Tuesday, a day after Iraq declared it had driven the militants from their...

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces capture al-Hurriya bridge in Mosul, spokesman says

MOSUL: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Monday captured Mosul's al-Hurriya bridge, which leads to the Islamic State-held old city center from the south, a military...

Islamic State lost nearly a quarter of its territory in 2016: report

LONDON: The Islamic State group lost nearly a quarter of its territory in Iraq and Syria last year, according to a report released Thursday...

Daesh leader Baghdadi in audio message says no Mosul retreat

BAGHDAD: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised to enter the city of Mosul...

Iraq claims Islamic State chief Baghdadi hit in air raid

BAGHDAD: Iraq claimed Sunday to have struck a convoy carrying Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air raid near the Syrian border but said his fate was unknown.

IS leader Baghdadi urges Muslims to move to ‘caliphate’

"And we call upon every Muslim in every place to perform hijrah (emigration) to the Islamic State or fight in his land wherever that...

Lebanon detains wife of IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

BEIRUT/DAMASCUS: The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday, in a setback to the group as it comes under increased military pressure.

IS releases audio of chief Baghdadi after death rumours

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group released a defiant audio recording Thursday it said was of chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after air strikes on jihadist leaders in Iraq sparked rumours he had been wounded or killed.

Iraq investigating whether IS chief killed in air strikes

BAGHDAD: Iraq was on Sunday investigating whether Islamic State jihadist group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in air strikes by US-led coalition warplanes targeting the group's leaders.

ISIL says it beheaded U.S. journalist; holds another

BAGHDAD/BEIRUT: Islamic State insurgents released a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley, who had gone missing in Syria nearly two years ago, and images of another U.S. journalist whose life they said depended on U.S. action in Iraq.

Obama orders air strikes on ISIL in Iraq

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had authorized "targeted" U.S. air strikes against Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq and military airdrops of humanitarian supplies to besieged religious minorities there to prevent a "potential act of genocide."

Convert, pay tax, or die, ISIL warns Iraq’s Christians

The statement issued by the Islamic State, the al Qaeda offshoot which led last month's lightning assault to capture swathes of north Iraq, and...

Taliban debate merits of ISIL’s caliphate announcement

WAZIRISTAN: The Afghan Taliban have urged Muslims to avoid extremism and remain united, a message apparently aimed at the Islamic State (ISIL), which recently declared an Islamic caliphate in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria.

Syria fighters hail declaration of Islamic ‘caliphate’

BEIRUT: Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria's northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after the group captured...

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