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 ...

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 ...

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.