In the spring of 2013, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – the man who would soon become the world ... face of the movement – only now he was presenting himself less as a radical young jihadi than a polished ...

led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In 2011, a popular uprising against Syria's Assad triggered a brutal government crackdown and led to all-out war. Al-Golani's prominence grew when al-Baghdadi sent him ...

Ahmed Al Sharaa, an Islamist militant in his late 20s, moved back to Syria from Iraq in 2011 with six men and a monthly stipend of $50,000 from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who would go on to become the ...

Insurgents control the capital Damascus, President Bashar Assad has fled into hiding, and for the first time after 50 years of his family's iron hand, it is an open question how Syria will be governed ...

Born Ahmed Hussein al-Shar'a in 1982 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, al-Julani began his journey into militancy at a young age ... including Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, during his imprisonment at Camp Bucca.

led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In 2011, a popular uprising in Syria against Assad triggered a brutal government crackdown and led to all-out war. Al-Golani’s prominence grew when al-Baghdadi sent ...