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Founding member of Islamic State has replaced Baghdadi as leader — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe new leader of the Islamic State terror group is Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, The Guardian reports, citing officials from two intelligence services.
Salbi is one of the group’s founding members and oversaw the enslavement of members of the Yazidi minority in Iraq, as well as operations aroud the world, according to the report.
He is replacing the group’s first leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, who was killed in a US operation last year. The report says he was named Baghdadi’s successor hours after that killing.
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