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Iraqi SWAT team captures ISIS leader 'Jabba the Jihadi'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], Jan 18 (ANI): The SWAT team of Iraqi forces recently scored a "big" catch in the city of Mosul when they nabbed a morbidly obese ISIS cleric who has been dubbed as "Jabba the Jihadi" on social media.
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Nigeria: ISIS affiliate executes 11 people to 'avenge Baghdadi's killing'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Dec 29 (ANI): An affiliate of the Islamic State in Nigeria has said that it has executed 11 people in retaliation for the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in October.
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There's no difference between Abu Bakr-al Baghdadi and Owaisi today: Wasim
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Shia Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi slammed All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi by terming him as an equal of ISIS leader Abu Bakr-al Baghdadi.
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US military confirms al-Baghdadi was buried at sea; releases video, photo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 31 (ANI): The US military on Wednesday confirmed that Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in an operation in Syria's Idlib province, was buried at sea in accordance with international norms, and released a video footage and photos of t
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Trump signs executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay open
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 31 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has announced in his first official State of the Union speech that he has signed an executive order to keep the detention facility at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay open.
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ISIS leader Baghdadi mocks U.S., references N. Korean threats in new undat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Iraq, September 29 (ANI): Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has mocked the United States, called on the jihadis to rally against the Syrian regime and insisted that the ISIS 'remains' despite its rapid loss of territory, while also exhorting followers to stand fast and keep fighting,
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Afghanistan's ISIS leader Abu Sayed killed, says Pentagon
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA] July 15 (ANI): The US forces have killed Abu Sayed, the leader of ISIS-Khorasan, the terror group's Afghanistan affiliate, said a CNN report.
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ISIS leader Baghdadi dead
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 11 (ANI): The ISIS terror group has finally admitted that their chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.
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Russia denies confirmation of Baghdadi's killing
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] , June 16 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that there is no confirmation yet that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in one of its airstrikes in Syria last month and therefore has initiated investigations into May 28 airstrike.
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Russia may have killed ISIS leader Baghdadi in airstrike
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 16 (ANI): Russia has said that ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi might have been killed in an airstrike carried out by its forces on the southern suburb of Syria's Raqqa in late May.
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U.S. sanctions ISIS leaders involved in chemical weapons development
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 13 (ANI): The United States has announced sanctions on two Islamic State (IS) chemical weapons experts, in the first such effort to specifically target the terrorist group's chemical weapons leadership.
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ISIS leader Baghdadi killed in air strike in Syria: Reports
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], June 11 (ANI): Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has allegedly been killed in airstrikes, the Syrian state television reported on Sunday.
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