Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the nom de guerre –- or battlefield alias -- of Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim al-Badri. He was already known to U.S. and Iraqi officials when he named himself as the Caliph in 2014.

Donald Trump announced Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a “very dangerous mission” by a US special forces operations mission. View live updates here.

Baghdadi, an Iraqi believed to be in his 40s, joined the Islamist insurgency against U.S. forces in Iraq following the 2003 invasion of that country.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last appeared on camera in a video released in April 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and arguably the world's most wanted man ...

Following the tragic collapse of a five-storey residential building in Lyari's Baghdadi area that claimed 27 lives, the authorities have launched a demolition drive targeting other dangerous ...

Baghdadi, then age 39, spurred a transformation by focusing on the enduring disenfranchisement felt by Iraq’s Sunnis. The US had empowered a predominantly Shia clique of politicians, ...

Al-Baghdadi, an Iraqi who calls himself the caliph, or ruler, of the Islamic State, personally took the enslaved 26-year-old humanitarian aid worker to be imprisoned inside the home of Abu ...

Baghdadi’s death should have been a clear victory for Trump. It wasn’t. October 28, 2019. A painting of President George Washington is visible behind President Trump as he speaks Sunday to ...

Because Mr. al-Baghdadi moved around, the amount of material at the compound may have been limited. Still, even a few thumb drives, computers or other devices could provide huge amounts of data.

Baghdadi claimed that the underground movement is expanding, even as it loses turf. He congratulated two groups, in Mali and Burkina Faso, for recently pledging formal allegiance to ISIS and ...

Fresh off his announcement of the operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Donald Trump will watch the World Series from behind home plate, a source tells CNN.. Trump will ...