Parents of Kayla Mueller grateful for death of ISIS leader who held their daughter hostage  —  Terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who the president said was killed during a special forces raid in Syria, had reportedly been the captor and rapistof Arizona's Kayla Mueller, who was taken hostage in 2013.

Fifteen stunning moments from Trump's announcement of al-Baghdadi's death  —  Trump said the ISIS leader “died like a dog, he died like a coward.  He was whimpering, screaming, and crying.”  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …

U.S. strikes kill ISIS spokesperson one day after Baghdadi's death in Syria raid  —  The CIA has targeted Islamic State militant group (ISIS) spokesperson Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir in a new operation that comes one day after the organization's leader was killed in a Joint Special Operations Command raid, Newsweek has learned.

Situation Room: 2 photos capture vastly different presidents  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two high-risk raids.  Two dramatic moments in the White House.  —  Photos taken in the White House Situation Room during the killings of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday …

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48  —  When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took the reins of the Islamic State of Iraq in 2010, few had heard of the organization or its new leader, then an austere religious scholar with wire-frame glasses and no known aptitude for fighting and killing.

Al-Baghdadi's Death ... and That Presidential Speech  —  The reported killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a special operations forces raid is an important milestone in the war against the Islamic State—and, more generally, in the struggle against terrorism President Trump …

Baghdadi's death underscores what we've lost by abandoning Syria's Kurds  —  Brett McGurk, the Payne distinguished lecturer at Stanford University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, served from 2015 to 2018 as a special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.

Pelosi Statement on Al-Baghdadi Raid  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. military raid:  —  “Americans salute the heroism, dedication and skill of our military and our intelligence professionals …

Russia: Trump's Baghdadi Victory Lap Is Nothing But ‘Propaganda’  —  The Russian Defense Ministry also disputed claims that Russia provided access to U.S. air units entering airspace it controls.  —  At the White House Sunday morning, President Trump profusely thanked Russia for its alleged involvement …

Baghdadi Is Dead.  The War on Terror Will Create Another.  —  A U.S. raid doomed the leader of the so-called Islamic State.  But there will be another Baghdadi, and another ISIS, as long as the Forever War keeps going.  —  After U.S. special operations forces dealt a violent end to the leader …