An image of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died on Oct. 26, 2019.. Department of Defense via AP Just days after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Oct. 27, the Islamic State named ...

A careful study of the first caliphate (632-661 C.E.) demonstrates that the ISIS caliphate launched by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Iraq is a non-starter. A viable Islamic caliphate would most certainly ...

In order to understand what is unfolding today, we need to review the Islamic State’s past transitions, tease out the logic that informs how new leaders are chosen, and discover what practices it ...

FILE PHOTO: Late Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seen in an undated picture released by the U.S. Department of Defense BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The new leader of Islamic State, whose ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - The creation of an Islamic caliphate, or empire, has long formed part of al Qaeda's world view, and it is a vision that seems to have unsettled Washington. Sign up here. But experts ...

U.S.-backed forces in Syria have expelled Islamic State from its last outpost, but jihadist fighters are still active in the region. Here’s what might follow the demise of the so-called caliphate.

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria announced Sunday that it was changing its name and reviving the caliphate, the news lit up the Internet and headlined news reports around the world. But what ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. I just pledged allegiance to the Caliphate. This may sound like a radical statement, one to induce a reaction of anxiety, ...

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Supporters of the Islamic State march in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014, the year the militant group declared a new caliphate in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press) Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the Project ...