according to figures from the United Nations.

Despite numerous claims about his death in the past few years.when he appeared as a black-robed figure to deliver a sermon from the pulpit of Mosuls Great Mosque of al-Nuri in which he urged Muslims around the world to swear allegiance to the caliphate and obey him as its leader.

said the Americans recently targeted some of al-Baghdadis closest people.He is among the few senior ISIS commanders still at large after two years of steady battlefield losses that saw the self-styled caliphate shrink from an area the size of Britain to a tiny speck in the Euphrates River valley.was declared liberated on Saturday after weeks of fighting.

responsible for steering his chillingly violent organization into mass slaughter of opponents and directing and inspiring terror attacks across continents and in the heart of Europe.in the eastern village of Baghouz.

including his personal bodyguard Khaled al-Saudi -- known as Khallad -- who was killed last week near the area of al-Baaj along the Iraqi-Syrian border.

made a last stand in the enclave before surrendering.A campus blood drive for the victims was planned for Thursday.

according to an earlier email from the university.He stands up and looks at me with no expression.

Richardson was stabbed as she left an exercise class.He grazed Hollimon across the right side of her face with the knife and then walked away.