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epa04300524 A photograph made from a video released on 05 July 2014 by the jihadist affiliated group Furqan Media via their twitter account allegedly showing Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon during Friday prayers at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, 04 July 2014. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ruler of the self-styled […]

Confusion continues over arrest of ISIS leader’s alleged wife

by Thair Abbas | Dec 3, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Confusion continued on Wednesday over Lebanese authorities’ arrest of a woman alleged to be the wife of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, with Iraq’s Defense Ministry denying that the woman in custody was...

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In a still image from a video posted on a militant website in early July, ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi purportedly delivers a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

Lebanon detains wife of ISIS leader: officials

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday. The officials declined to give the name or nationality of...

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In a still image from a video posted on a militant website in early July, ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi purportedly delivers a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

Message from ISIS leader emerges

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 14, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, AP—In a recording released days after he was reported to be wounded in an airstrike, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group said the US-led coalition’s campaign had failed and that the US would eventually have to send ground...

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An image from a propaganda video by Al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the ISIS Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi on July 5, 2014 (AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-FURQAN MEDIA)

Baghdadi injured, deputy killed in anti-ISIS airstrikes: Iraqi defense minister

by Dalshad Abdullah | Nov 10, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil and Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was wounded and his deputy killed in a coalition airstrike on an ISIS vehicle convoy outside the Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday evening, the Iraqi defense minister...

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An image from a propaganda video by Al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the ISIS Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi on July 5, 2014 (AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-FURQAN MEDIA)

US airstrikes target ISIS convoy in Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 9, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad and Washington Reuters—US airstrikes destroyed an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosul but US officials said on Saturday it was unclear whether the group’s top commander Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi had been in any of the 10...