Iraq crisis: Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi pictured for first time after declaring Islamic caliphate – Independent July 5, 2014 by Fulcrum The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) has been pictured for the first time since declaring himself the head of an Islamic caliphate. Lizzie Dearden. Independent. 5 July 2014 FulcrumShareTweetShare