His ascension came after the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in Syria, which was announced by US President Joe Biden earlier this year. IS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was also killed ...

Abu al-Hasan’s predecessor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, died in February during a US counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria. Qurayshi blew himself up as US forces approached his compound.

The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in a battle recently, the group’s spokesman said in audio released Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, without ...

Al-Hashimi is the group's fifth "caliph" since Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. raid in October 2019. With five caliphs in less than four years, the Islamic State makes governments in the ...

The ISIL (ISIS) armed group has announced that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed in battle. A spokesman for the group said on Wednesday that Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al ...

Abu al Hussein al Husseini al Qurayshi has been announced as the new head of the group. The death marked a blow to IS, who were defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later.

Al-Hashimi had also been outspoken against powerful Shia armed actors aligned with Iran, which had angered Tehran-backed Shia factions in Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary network.

The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group on Wednesday said its leader, Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, was killed in battle, and announced a replacement. An IS spokesman said al-Hashimi, an Iraqi ...

The US military confirmed al Qurayshi was killed in October, but it was not made clear why the announcement of his death was made more than a month later. Thursday 1 December 2022 12:24, UK ...