Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last appeared on camera in a video released in April 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and arguably the world's most wanted man ...

Baghdadi's 2014 appearance in Mosul was the last time he was seen in public Three years ago, video emerged of the leader of so-called Islamic State (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, commanding ...

2004-11: Following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, an al-Qaeda offshoot sets up, changing its name in 2006 to the Islamic State in Iraq. 2011: The group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...