July 11th, 20170BEIRUT ― The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.
The report came just days after the Iraqi army recaptured the last sectors of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which Baghdadi's forces overran almost exactly three years...
July 3rd, 20170MOSUL — After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops captured the ruined mosque at the heart of ISIS' de facto capital in Mosul, on Thursday and the prime minister declared the group's self styled caliphate at an end.
Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in coming days as remaining ISIS...
