Easy Qur'an Reading with Baghdadi Primer ( Paperback )

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Assassination of Qasem Soleimani, targeted killing of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani in 2020. Seligman, Lara (October 27, 2019). "Baghdadi is Dead, But ISIS Remains Emboldened Since Trump's Drawdown". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on October 27, 2019 . Retrieved October 27, 2019. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spent five months working with the U.S. government to gather intelligence on Baghdadi's whereabouts, according to Kurdish and U.S. officials. Gen. Mazloum Abdi, SDF commander, was the only foreigner to know about the target, he told Foreign Policy through a translator. His account was confirmed independently by the senior U.S. official. Iran – Iran stated that Baghdadi's death was not significant and that the actions of the United States are responsible for the rise of ISIL. Iran said that the killing of Baghdadi did not mean the group's end, as sectarianism and terrorism still very much exist and are being exploited by countries like the U.S. [88] Cohen, Eyal Tsir; Katz, Eliora (November 6, 2019). "What we can learn about US intelligence from the Baghdadi raid". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019 . Retrieved November 27, 2019.

Katz, Rita (October 29, 2019). "What Baghdadi's Death Means for al Qaeda—and Why It Matters". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019 . Retrieved October 31, 2019. By then Zawahiri was the “defining authority” of Hurras al-Din, a coalition of seven factions fighting moderate Syrian rebels, US forces and the Assad regime. But a rebranded Nusra Front disavowed ties with al-Qaida in 2017.Baghdadi's brother Jumah (also referred to as "Jomaa" [246]) acted as a courier for him according to anonymous Iraqi intelligence agents in an interview with The National, delivering messages to and fro between IS militants in Turkey and his brother. A Western intelligence agent stated that they hadn't apprehended him yet deliberately, so he could lead them to Baghdadi. [247] According to Iraqi officials in interview with The Guardian, the wives of Jumah and another brother Ahmad have been smuggled out to Turkey through Idlib province. [248]

On 7 November 2014, there were unconfirmed reports of al-Baghdadi's death after an airstrike in Mosul, [104] while other reports said that he was only wounded. [105] [106]Seizure of materials and captives from compound; compound later destroyed by U.S. fighter jets and drones a b c Chulov, Martin (October 29, 2019). "Nowhere left to run: how the US finally caught up with Isis leader Baghdadi". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019 . Retrieved October 29, 2019. Rogers, Katie (October 27, 2019). "Trump Says 'Beautiful' and 'Talented' Dog Injured in al-Baghdadi Raid". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2019 . Retrieved October 27, 2019. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: IS leader 'dead after US raid' in Syria". BBC News. October 28, 2019. Archived from the original on November 30, 2019 . Retrieved October 27, 2019. Baghdadi's body disposed of at sea by US military: Pentagon source". gulfnews.com. October 28, 2019. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019 . Retrieved October 28, 2019.

News of the death of Baghdadi was ignored by official ISIL channels for days and the group did not immediately confirm his death. Many ISIL supporters refused to believe he was dead, while some others accepted it. [76] Supporters of ISIL's rival jihadist groups like Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and al-Qaeda praised his death because of his group's noted record for cruelty. Salafi cleric Abdullah al-Muhaysini celebrated Baghdadi's demise and called on ISIL members to defect. The activity of jihadist supporters in general temporarily decreased online as well. [77] On 27 October 2019, when it was said al-Baghdadi died, it was reported that two of Baghdadi's wives were also killed, wearing suicide vests that had not detonated. [221] [222] This was confirmed by United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. [223] Ahmed al-Dabash, the leader of the Islamic Army of Iraq and a contemporary of al-Baghdadi who fought against the allied invasion in 2003, gave a description of al-Baghdadi that matched that of the Tobchi residents:Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), also known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), was the Iraqi division of al-Qaeda. Al-Baghdadi was announced as leader of ISI on 16 May 2010, following the death of his predecessor Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. [72] France – The French government said that it was a hard blow to the Islamic State however, saying, that this was also just a stage and that the fight must continue. [85] At the age of 15 he was arrested for belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood. He called secular pan-Arabism a false panacea and in his book A Bitter Harvest (1991) rejected the Brotherhood’s ameliorative approach. JCS Chairman Milley said during a Pentagon briefing that the disposal of Baghdadi's corpse was "handled appropriately", initially adding that Washington had no plans to release images of his death, but later showed footage of the raid during a briefing on October 30. [52] [53] Baghdadi was buried at sea and afforded Islamic rites, three anonymous U.S. officials told Reuters and a Pentagon source told AFP. [54] [55] An aide of Baghdadi, who handled logistics, was the other man killed according to Iraqi officials. [56] United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that two wives of al-Baghdadi were also killed in the raid. [57] Conan, the American Special Operations Military Working Dog that chased after Baghdadi In an audio-taped message, al-Baghdadi announced that IS would march on " Rome" — generally interpreted to mean the West — in its quest to establish an Islamic State from the Middle East across Europe. He said that he would conquer both Rome and Spain in this endeavor [99] [100] and urged Muslims across the world to immigrate to the new Islamic State. [99]

a b Gardner, Frank (29 October 2019). "Baghdadi death: What now for IS?". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019 . Retrieved 4 November 2019. The fact that Baghdadi was a serial rapist, forcing himself on, among others, the captured American aid worker Kayla Mueller, and presiding over the mass enslavement of Yazidi women and underage girls, does not seem to have troubled his followers at all.

Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri ( Arabic: إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم البدري, romanized: ʾIbrāhīm ʿAwād ʾIbrāhīm al-Badri; 28 July 1971–27 October 2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( Arabic: أبو بكر البغدادي, romanized: ʾAbū Bakr al-Baghdādī), was an Iraqi militant who was the first caliph [a] of the Islamic State (IS) from 2014 until his death.