In 2014, IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the so-called “caliphate” there by delivering a Friday sermon and leading prayers.
Iraq reopens historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction
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Al-Qurayshi was the fourth IS leader to be killed since the group was founded by Iraqi militant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and declared a caliphate in large parts of Syria and Iraq in June 2014 before its defeat years later.
Islamic State says leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi killed by militants in Syria
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