Appreciate it very much, my friend. And it's a tremendous honor to return to this beautiful kingdom and be welcomed back with such extraordinary generosity and warmth. I've never forgotten the ...

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Al-Sharaa later had a falling out with al-Baghdadi over the al-Qaeda leader's decision to form an Islamic territorial caliphate, according to Warrick. MORE: Who are the Syrian rebels that have ...

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according to the committee and he also coordinated directly with then Al Qaeda chief Aiman al-Zawahiri and later with then ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Jawlani, however, suddenly gained ...

It also claims that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, instructed Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani in 2011 to establish a front for Al-Qaida in Iraq in Syria. Al-Qaida in Iraq provided Jabhat al-Nusrah with manpower, money ...

He coordinated directly with then Al Qaeda chief Aiman al-Zawahiri and later with then ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (who also went by the name Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Al-Badri Al-Samarrai).

The group's Iraqi leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, sent Mr Sharaa to his native Syria in 2011 after a popular uprising led to a brutal crackdown and eventually a full-blown civil war. There ...

He formed an initial alliance with Iraq's Al-Qaeda commander, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but the partnership collapsed as Baghdadi sought to incorporate the Nusra Front into what would become known as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa ...

He returned to Syria from Iraq once the uprising began, sent by the leader of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State group in Iraq at the time, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, to build up Al-Qaeda’s presence.