Islamic State on Thursday confirmed the death of leader Abu Hussein al-Husseini al-Quraishi, and named Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Quraishi as his replacement, the group’s spokesman said in a Telegram recording.
This is the group’s first official announcement of the leader’s fate since Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in April that Turkish intelligence forces had killed him in Syria. Islamic State did not give details about the new leader.
The movement reached its peak in 2014, when then-chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the territory he controlled as a caliphate.
The group was defeated by adversaries in both countries, including a US-led coalition, and Baghdadi was killed during a US military operation in Syria in 2019.
Abu Hussein al-Husseini al-Quraishi took over in November 2022 after his predecessor was killed, also in Syria, while Islamic State militants continue to carry out insurgent attacks in Syria and Iraq.
Source: CNN Brasil
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