NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Syria expert Paul Salem of the Middle East Institute about news that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been killed in a U.S. operation. As we've heard, ...

The US military operation that targeted ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi got underway on the ground in northwest Syria at 5:01 p.m. ET Saturday, according to a senior US defense official. Baghdadi’s ...

Welcome to Al-Monitor Doha. An evening devoted to authentic Arab music honors the legendary Yemeni and Gulf singer Abu Bakr Salem, whose career spanned decades and shaped generations of artists.

Images of Haji Bakr released by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. From the SITE Intelligence Group. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the jihadist group that was denounced by al Qaeda’s ...