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.

A source with knowledge said US President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw US troops from Syria had a major impact on the planning of the operation which killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive and highly secretive leader of ISIS, died during a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday night, President Donald Trump said.

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, 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.

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.

But Mr. al-Baghdadi’s wife kicked her out, apparently in a pique of jealously. She was then brought to the Hassans’ home, where she spent roughly 10 days before being moved again, ...

The dog used in the al-Baghdadi raid is not the first to have been involved in a high-profile terrorist operation, nor was it the first Belgian Malinois. In 2011, ...

U.S. commandos zeroed in on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s final hideout with the help of an extraordinarily well-placed informant, an Islamic State operative who facilitated the terrorist leader’s ...

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 ...

Baghdadi – who was first flagged by the U.S. with a reward bounty in 2011 before becoming the self-declared ISIS “caliph” in 2014 – has, according to Simon, ...

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.