New IS leader takes over following Baghdadi’s death
A closer look at the Islamic State's first leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's chosen successor, Abdullah Qardash, offers some insight into what's next for the terror group.
![1178650382 A picture taken on October 28, 2019 shows Syrian bikers riding past a damaged car at the site of a suspected US-led operation against Islamic State (IS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the previous day, on the edge of the small Syrian village of Barisha in the country's opposition-held northwestern Idlib province. - US President Donald Trump announced that Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the jihadist group and the world's most wanted man, was killed in the early hours of Octobe 27 in an overnight US raid near th](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2019/10/GettyImages-1178650382.jpg/GettyImages-1178650382.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=ypya3INr)
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