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Key deputy of slain Daesh leader arrested in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Iraqi police arrested a key deputy of deceased Daesh leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Kirkuk province yesterday, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting Iraq’s Security Media Cell communications body. Abu Khaldoun was the terrorist group’s military commander for Salah al-Din province.
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Turkey captures sister of dead IS ‘caliph’ in Syria
WASHINGTON: Turkey captured the sister of dead Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi yesterday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official told Reuters, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law, who were also detained. Rasmiya Awad,
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Islamic State vows revenge against US for Baghdadi killing
Islamic State confirmed yesterday that its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a weekend raid by US special forces in northwestern Syria, and vowed revenge against the US. The Iraqi rose from obscurity to lead the ultra-hardline group and
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Islamic State features Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in video
CAIRO: Islamic State’s media network on Monday published a threatening video message purporting to come from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in what would be his first appearance since declaring the jihadists’ now-defunct “caliphate” five years ago. In the 18-minute
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