Who is leader of isis?

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's sister-in-law remains in a Kurdish jail. The Head of the Khalidiya Council in Anbar Province reported in February 2016: "Today, Iraqi Air Force conducted an airstrike on the so-called ISIS sharia court in Albu Bali area in Khalidiya Island east of Ramadi. read more

Opinion ISIS Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi This essay, “The Believer,” was first published on the Brookings Institution site. Ibrahim Al-Badri was born in 1971 in Samarra, an ancient Iraqi city on the eastern edge of the Sunni Triangle north of Baghdad. read more

The ISIS leader's background is shrouded in mystery, but it is known that he was born in the Sunni city of Samarra in Iraq in 1971. Baghdadi, who is a shadowy figure, became a Sunni cleric and reportedly studied for a doctorate at the University of Baghdad. read more