He did not mention a specific time when the leader died.
The spokesman also announced that the group’s new leader, the fifth, is Abi Hafsan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.
The group announced the death of its previous leader in November.
His predecessor was killed in a US operation in Idlib last February.
The group’s first “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in October 2019. This also happened in Idlib.
In 2014, the “Islamic State” rapidly occupied large territories in Syria and Iraq, including several large cities, where they tried to introduce medieval Sunni customs, declared a “caliphate” there and committed countless blood-curdling atrocities.
In 2017, it was defeated in Iraq and two years later in Syria, however, “sleeper cells” occasionally carry out attacks in both countries.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks in Europe.
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2023-08-03 18:35:49
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