I will start with the story of the first rightly guided Caliph, Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (573–634 CE). He was the first Caliph of Islam, who was a close friend and trusted companion of the Prophet.

Arizona Republican Rep. Abraham Hamadeh was sworn into office Friday, honoring the memory of ISIS victim Kayla Mueller by ...

The deal would secure release of a third of the approximately 100 hostages who remain in Gaza, including two dual ...

On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending ...

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Abu Dhabi Art, organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), concluded its 16th edition (Nov. 20 — 24, 2024), with over 35,000 visitors attending. It was the fair’s ...

AMENA BAKR is a Senior Research Analyst based in Dubai. Key focus areas of Energy Intelligence’s Research & Advisory group include the energy transition, corporate strategy and competitor intelligence ...

In the spring of 2013, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – the man who would soon become the world’s most notorious terrorist as the leader of a new group called ISIS – saw an opening. At the time Syria ...

It began as a breakaway group from al-Qaida. Under leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, IS had seized stunning amounts of territory in Iraq and Syria by 2014. Within territory under its control ...

Al-Golani, once a lieutenant of slain Isis chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, still carries an American bounty of $10m on his head. Mr Golani’s statement to the BBC coincided with UN optimism about ...