New details about the raid that took out ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 02:53. Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned that the "security situation in Syria remains complex" after the killing of ...

Pentagon to declassify videos of raid that killed ISIS leader 02:39. The likely successor to the now-dead Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is also dead, President Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.

A source with knowledge said US President Donald Trump's order to withdraw US troops from Syria had a major impact on the planning of the operation which killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...

“Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death —welcome and important though it may be— is not a catastrophic blow to the quality of leadership in ISIS,” says Michael Nagata, who retired as Army ...

News of the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Special Operations Forces was for me, as it was for many, of real interest. My teams and I have been some of the few who have ...

The death of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi may not change the world. Nevertheless, how it came about says a fair amount about the world he has departed. In the chain of events that led to the Oct. 26 ...

The remains of ISIS leader and founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were disposed at sea after he died during the U.S. military raid that targeted his compound in northwest Syria over the weekend, a U.S ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Iraqi jihadist who rose from obscurity to declare himself "caliph" of all Muslims as the leader of ISIS, has died in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwest Syria ...

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It’s not surprising that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi keeps a low profile, considering the fate of his predecessors. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the original leader of what was then called al ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world’s most wanted man, blew himself up as U.S. special operators ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey tweeted today saying the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “marks a turning point in our joint fight against terrorism.” ...