ISIS chief Abu Hasan-al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi useless, terrorist group declares new ‘caliph’

On Wednesday, November 30, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) confirmed that its supreme chief Abu Hasan-al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had been killed in a conflict. The Islamic terrorist group additionally introduced the successor of Hashimi-al-Qurashi.

In an audio message on Telegram, a spokesperson of the terrorist organisation Abu Omar al-Muhajir mentioned Hashimi was killed “in combat with enemies of Allah.” However, the audio didn’t reveal the date and circumstances of Hashimi’s dying. According to the ISIS spokesperson, Abu-al-Husseini-al-Qurashi has been chosen as the brand new chief of the terrorist outfit.

As per Western media stories, the US army has acknowledged that Abu Hasan-al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had died in October itself, by the hands of anti-government rebels in Southern Syria.

Notably, Hashimi al-Qurayshi was an Iraqi terrorist and the Islamic State’s third “caliph.” He was named caliph on March 10, 2022, a month after former IS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi blew himself up by detonating his suicide vest to avert seize by US troopers in Idlib province of Northern Syria. Abu Ibrahim was named because the IS chief after the dying of his predecessor Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Baghdadi died throughout a US raid in Idlib province in October 2019.

It is notable right here that the names of all ISIS ‘caliphs’ are nom de guerre, somewhat than their authentic names.

Baghdadi had claimed to belong to the Quraysh tribe and therefore a descendant of Prophet Mohammed. However, there was no proof to again his declare. Baghdadi’s dying was introduced through audio launched by ISIS’ media arm, the al-Furqan Foundation. ISIS additionally confirmed the dying of Abu Hassan al-Mujahir, the ISIS spokesperson since 2016 and Baghdadi’s shut aide. Al-Mujahir was killed in Northern Syria in a joint operation between US troops and Kurdish forces, simply hours after al-Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest.

Following an uprise in Iraq and Syria in 2014, throughout which it conquered huge stretches of territory, ISIS noticed its self-proclaimed “caliphate” crumble underneath a wave of army operations.

ISIS was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later, however the Sunni Muslim extremist group’s sleeper cells proceed to hold out assaults in each international locations and declare assaults elsewhere world wide.