Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi was the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ISIL has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United Nations, European Union and many individual states, while Baghdadi was considered a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States until his presumed death in October 2019. Read More
US defence officials on Sunday said that final confirmation regarding the death of Islamic State chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, will come only after the DNA and biometric tests are conducted. ...
