Baghdadi

Once a former US informant, today the leader of Daesh

The current leader of the terrorist organisation once provided the US with information that would lead to the killing of a top leader.

Daesh’s new leader confirmed: report

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi's successor was reportedly named a few hours after his death and he is apparently a founding Daesh member whose rulings led to the infamous enslavement of Yazidis.

At least 13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision in Mali

French Defence Minister Florence Parly said an investigation has been opened to determine the exact circumstances of the accident.

Turkey arrests four of Baghdadi's relatives - prosecutor

Kirsehir's prosecutor’s office said that 25 of dead Daesh leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi's close relatives had been remanded in an anti-terror operation.

Turkey captured dead Daesh leader Baghdadi's wife – Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the capture of the Daesh terrorist leader's wife while speaking to a group of students in Ankara.

Turkey captures sister of Daesh chief killed in US raid

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi's 65-year-old sister, known as Rasmiya Awad, was captured in a raid on Monday evening on a trailer container she was living in with her family near the town of Azaz in Aleppo province.

Baghdadi's aide was key to his capture - Iraqi intelligence sources

Another turning point in the hunt for Baghdadi came earlier this year during a joint operation in which US, Turkish and Iraqi intelligence agents captured senior Daesh leaders, including four Iraqis and one Syrian, an Iraqi security official says.

Killing Daesh leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi is just the start of the battle

Killing the leader of the most brutal terror organisation is a symbolic blow but the breeding grounds for the group's ideology thrive.

Daesh has not been defeated

While the global allure of Daesh has diminished, it is still a threat to Iraqis and Syrians.

US verifying Daesh leader Baghdadi's new audio recording

Message was Baghdadi's first purported audio communication in almost a year during which Daesh lost much of its so-called caliphate.

US general says Daesh leader Baghdadi likely still alive

Counter-Daesh coalition commander in Iraq and Syria says he doesn't know Baghdad's location but he's probably in the Euphrates valley.

Is Daesh on the verge of obliteration?

It's not likely that the defeat of Daesh in Mosul is going to mean the end of the group itself. So long as the political conditions for radicalism and sympathy for Daesh's ideology exists, territorial defeats can not eradicate the group.