IS defeated but its leader still at large

By Zeina Karam
Updated March 24 2019 - 6:33am, first published 6:28am
IS's shadowy leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi remains missing, his fate unknown, as his caliphate falls.
IS's shadowy leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi remains missing, his fate unknown, as his caliphate falls.

The Islamic State group has lost all the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, but its shadowy leader and self-proclaimed "caliph" is still at large.

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