US boosts reward on IS leader al-Baghdadi to $25 mn
- 18-Dec-2016
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday more than doubled the bounty on the head of the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to $25 million. The announcement by the State Department “Rewards for Justice Program” came as US-backed local forces close in on the militant movement’s main urban strongholds in Iraq and […]
US special forces kill senior IS leader Abu Sayyaf in Syria: White House
- 16-May-2015
WASHINGTON: US special forces killed a senior Islamic State group leader and captured his wife in a daring raid in eastern Syria, the White House announced on Saturday.