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| Islamic State Names New Leader, Confirms Death of Predecessor |
| 2022-03-11 |
he Islamic State jihadist group confirmed the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi in a statement Thursday and named Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi as his replacement. IS jihadists have "pledged allegiance" to "Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi as an emir over believers and the caliph of Muslims," the group's spokesperson said in an audio recording. The recording confirmed the death of the former IS chief along with the group's ex-spokesman. "Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi and the official Islamic State group spokesman... Abu Hamza al-Qurashi... were killed in recent days," the new spokesperson said. The former leader blew himself up in early February during a U.S. raid in northwest Syria, according to Washington, in an area controlled by rival jihadists. Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, who led IS from 2019, was an ethnic Turkmen from the Iraqi city of Tal Afar. He replaced IS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in a US raid in October that year. Read the rest at the link |
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