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4 Sep 2015, 4:07 am by Benjamin Wittes
  My Brookings colleague William McCants has written a lengthy profile of the Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, published by the Brookings Essay. [read post]
6 Jul 2014, 9:30 pm by Tom Smith
But the self-anointed ‘Caliph Ibrahim’ also brought a touch of branding into the bloody conflict, with many who have seen the 20-minute sermon commenting on his bulky and expensive wristwatch. [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 8:17 am by Katherine Pompilio
The mission was the largest U.S. raid in Syria since the 2019 operation that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 2:12 pm by Bruce Riedel
He makes no mention of the Islamic State or his rival Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has proclaimed himself the Caliph Ibrahim. [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 12:37 pm by Gordon Ahl
” According to the Post, the Islamic State’s media arm announced Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qorashi as the successor to former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died as a result of a U.S. raid last week in northern Syria. 150 delegates representing Syria’s government, opposition and civil society groups are meeting in Geneva in hopes of drafting a new Syrian constitution, reports the BBC. [read post]
6 Jul 2014, 6:43 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
There was online video of the head of ISIS [Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; aka Caliph Ibrahim ]. [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 12:19 pm by Katherine Pompilio
The operation was the largest U.S. raid in Syria since the 2019 mission that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to CNN. [read post]
29 Apr 2012, 10:09 am by Benjamin Wittes
 In March and April 2002 interrogations, Latif identified Abu Bakr of the Arab Emirates, Awba (not Abu Hudayfa) of Kuwait, and Hafs (not Abu Hafs) of Saudi Arabia, among others, as three of the teachers who stayed with him at the study center in Kabul (not fellow Taliban fighters). [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 1:55 pm by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
In a letter addressed to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the Afghan Taliban has warned ISIS to keep out of the conflict in Afghanistan, albeit very politely: “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from a brotherhood point of religion wants your goodness and has no intention of interfering in your affairs. [read post]
16 May 2021, 7:01 am by Haroro J. Ingram, Lorenzo Vidino
According to the Kivu Security Tracker, from 2018, the same year that then-Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi first mentioned a Central Africa Province (ISCAP), to 2021, the ADF has mounted an escalating campaign of violence against civilians. [read post]
17 May 2015, 7:00 am by Jennifer Williams
Perhaps he is waiting for the demise of his nemesis Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the self-appointed Caliph Ibrahim of the Islamic State, who is widely rumored to be injured. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 1:12 pm by Alex Potcovaru
A group monitoring the Syrian civil war claims that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has died, but the U.S. has been unable to confirm the information, according to the Post. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 10:38 am by Cody Poplin
According to the Wall Street Journal, US strikes killed Abd al Basit, the head of ISIS’s military operations in Iraq, and Haji Mutazz, a key deputy to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 10:05 am by Ritika Singh
Two senior Al Qaeda leaders have moved up in life: Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr Tantoush “has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down Islamic militants,” Eli Lake at the Daily Beast tells us. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 5:00 am by Emma Broches, Julia Solomon-Strauss
Nine days after his initial attempt, he made a video declaring allegiance to the Islamic State and its former leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, and purchased a plane ticket from Canada to Jordan. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 5:48 pm by Nora Ellingsen
A little more than a week ago, Benjamin Wittes posted a piece about the malevolence and incompetence of Trump’s Executive Order on visas and refugees—an order that, in his words, is both wildly over-inclusive and wildly under-inclusive. [read post]