a dead caliph and the eternal jihad

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head or “caliph” of the Islamic State, is finally dead.  ... Although I changed the names of the jihadi leaders killed to suit the occasion—first Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi, then Abu Hamza al-Masri, then Abu Laith al-Libi,..

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the kurds were essential to finding the leader of the islamic state.

QAMISHLI, SYRIA—When the international manhunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, zoomed in on a village in northwestern Syria, the United States turned to its local allies to help track the world’s most-wanted terrorist. . ..

anti-muslim letter sent to mosque in german capital

TEHRAN - US President Donald Trump's statement on the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sounded confident, and United Nations is still unable to confirm the death of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant leader for lack of proof, UN official stated... TEHRAN - Iranian President's Chief..

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