Tag: ISIL
Baghdadi: Turkey captures dead IS leader’s wife
Turkey has captured a wife of former Islamic State (IS) group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
On Tuesday Turkey said it...
ISIS leader al-Baghdadi believed to have been killed
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday,...
Erdogan wins re-election as Turkey president
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll.
Election authority chief...
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says he is ‘invincible’ but also...
The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau says he's still in control of an important territory that the Nigerian military says it has seized...
Islamist State suspect arrested for Borussia Dortmund attack
German police have detained a suspect with "Islamist links" following a bomb attack on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund football team.
Prosecutors also said...
Abubakar Shekau vows Boko Haram caliphate in new video
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in a new video is vowing to continue his insurgency until he establishes an Islamic caliphate across West and...
ISIL days are numbered, says US
The U.S. has declared that the days of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) are numbered.
The U.S. Department of Defense said...
Obama lauds Erdogan over war against ISIL
On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Turkey’s President, Recep Erdogan over the New Year attack and the progress made against...