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FILE PHOTO: A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi making what would have been his first public appearance, at a mosque in the center of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TV/File Photo

Syrian Observatory Confirms ISIS Chief Is Dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 11, 2017 | Middle East

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. The report came just days after the Iraqi army recaptured the last sectors of the northern Iraqi city...

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Nusra Front fighters in Idlib Province, Syria, in 2015. In what analysts say is a calculated move to hide ties to Al Qaeda, the Nusra Front recently changed its name to the Levant Conquest Front. Credit Ammar Abdullah/Reuters

Muhaysini Says he Talked to Zawahri, Poses No Threat to the West

by Rukmini Callimachi | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Washington- American officials accuse him of being part of the “inner leadership circle” of Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, most widely known as the Nusra Front, and of raising as much as $5 million for the terrorist group while signing up thousands of fighters. But...

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Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman Al-Zawahri in a still image from a web posting by al-Qaeda’s media arm, as-Sahab, Wednesday July 27, 2011. (AP)

Zawahiri Urges Muslims to Establish Islamic State

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Qaeda’s Ayman Al-Zawahiri has urged Muslims in Arab Spring countries to unite to institute an Islamic state, while warning France that its intervention in Mali will be bogged down. In a 103-minute audio message posted on militant websites...