Tag Archives: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Iraqi security forces have captured a senior member of the Islamic State group who was a deputy to slain leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and oversaw its finances, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said on Monday. Sami Jasim was detained in “a complex external operation” by Iraqi intelligence services, Kadhimi wrote …

Iraqi intelligence yesterday confirmed the capture of a high ranking Daesh leader who was a potential successor to the slain former leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. In a statement, the Iraqi Intelligence Service announced: “Today, the terrorist named Nasser Al-Qirdash, the candidate to succeed the criminal [Abu Bakr] Al-Baghdadi, the leader …

The United Nations heritage agency said on Monday that it will start the reconstruction of Mosul’s Syriac Catholic Al Tahera Church destroyed by ISIS, which was known to be a symbol of the city’s rich diversity. The church was severely damaged by the insurgents during the battle for the northern …

One of slain Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s wives revealed “a lot of information” about the jihadist group’s “inner workings” after she was captured last year, a Turkish official told Agence France-Presse. The official said Baghdadi’s spouse identified herself as Rania Mahmoud but was, …

Turkey has captured a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the former Islamic State leader killed himself during a raid by U.S. special forces. “The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about …

Turkey captured the sister of dead Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official says, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who were also detained. Rasmiya Awad, 65, was detained in a raid near Azaz, the official said, …

The US got rid of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s body mere hours after a swift DNA test confirmed the terrorist’s identity, Pentagon officials said, adding that all evidence of the raid and his burial at sea remains classified. Following the US special forces operation in northwestern Syria, in which Washington claims …

Iraq’s Defense Ministry on Monday announced the arrest of a prominent recruiter for the so-called Islamic State in Anbar province. He was alleged to be a “close” associate of the group’s figurehead Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The intelligence units of the defense ministry captured “one of the most prominent terrorists in …