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  Al-Baghdadi 'killed in US-led coalition air strike': report

  World | June 14, 2016 12:35 IST

  The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group's alleged leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an air raid in Syria by the US-led coalition, reports said on Monday.

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  Iraqi air force claims hit on IS leader al-Baghdadi

  World | October 11, 2015 23:51 IST

  Baghdad: Iraq's air force on Sunday said it struck a convoy carrying Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group.A statement Sunday said "the Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting

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  Al Qaeda says is returning to old Iraq strongholds

  World | July 23, 2012 11:37 IST

  Cairo, Jul 23 :A man identifying himself as the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq says his fighters are planning new operations to free imprisoned members and claims they're returning to areas of the