The Islamic State (IS) militant group announced on August 3 that its fourth leader, who called himself Abu Hussein Husseini Qurayshi, had died and was succeeded by Abu Hashemi Qurayshi. The photo shows the Iraqi city of Mosul, which was once destroyed in a battle with IS. February 2022 (2023 REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily)
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Islamic State (IS) militant group said on Thursday that its fourth leader, who identified himself as Abu Hussein Husseini Qurayshi, had died and was succeeded by Abu Hashemi Qurayshi. .
It was the first official statement of death by ISIS since Turkish President Erdogan said in April that Turkish intelligence services had killed a fourth man in Syria.
ISIS said the fourth was killed during a shootout with another extremist group, the Tahrir Al-Sham Organization (HTS).
The fourth generation took over the leadership after the third generation died in Syria last November.
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2023-08-03 23:06:00
