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This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, shows fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/militant website)


Opinion: The Haji Bakr files

Opinion: The Haji Bakr files

If the reports are true, then a key Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader, Haji Bakr, has been killed in Aleppo at the hands of Syrian rebels. But just who is Haji Bakr? He is a mysterious figure; some say that he is the mastermind behind the rise of the...