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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Shortly after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was born in Samarra in 1971 and whose real name is Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim ...

CAIRO (AP) — An online image released Wednesday purported to show the Islamic State affiliate in Egypt had beheaded a Croatian hostage. Here's a look at the Islamic State group's birth, its atrocities ...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria launched a crackdown on informal Islamic schools and rehabilitation centres in late September after a man was refused permission to see his nephews at one institution and ...

UFC fans might not have the enjoyment of watching Islam Makhachev for much longer as his head coach has provided a surprising retirement timeline. Islam Makhachev is widely regarded as the greatest ...

BEIRUTBEIRUT — The Islamic State group erupted from the chaos of conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and it swiftly did what no other militant organization had done before: conquer a giant stretch of ...