Yesterday (Friday), Turkish authorities commenced investigating Bashar Khattab Ghazal Al-Sumaidaie, a prominent ISIS chief and shown as the very likely chief of the firm.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced the arrest of al-Sumaidaie, who is of Iraqi descent, indicating he is one particular of the most significant leaders in just the ranks of ISIS immediately after the killing of the previous leader of the corporation. , Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his successor, Amir Muhammad Abdul Rahman al-Mawla al-Salibi (Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi) in two US functions in northern Syria in October 2019 and last February respectively.
Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidaie is regarded by aliases this sort of as “Abu Zaid”, “Professor Zaid”, “Abu Khattab al-Iraqi”, “Haji Zaid al-Iraqi” and “Abu al-Muizz al-Iraqi”.
Yesterday Erdogan claimed that the terrorist Sumaida’i had been referred to the judiciary and that the needed determination would be taken in opposition to him. In accordance to Turkish protection sources, Al-Sumaidaie fell into the hands of the stability forces just after about 7 months of lookups and tracing by the Directorate of Public Stability and the Directorate of Stability of Istanbul, where it was feasible to track down a dwelling where he resided. the Sariyer region.
Al-Sumaida’i’s 1st affiliation dates back again to the “Ansar al-Islam” organization recognized in northern Iraq due to the fact 2001, and produced up of Arab and Kurdish fighters who experienced previously labored in Chechnya and Afghanistan. With ISIS taking around big swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014, Al-Sumaidaie joined ISIS, to be appointed by Al-Baghdadi to the situation of “blood judge” in Mosul in a next instant.
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