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Islamic State names new leader, confirms death of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi
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People inspect a destroyed house following an operation by the US military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, on Febuary 3, 2022. (Ghaith Alsayed/AP)
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Islamic State terror group confirms the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi in a statement, and names Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi as his replacement.
IS members have “pledged allegiance” to “Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi as an emir over believers and the caliph of Muslims,” the group’s spokesperson says in an audio recording that confirms the death of the former IS chief along with the group’s ex-spokesman.
The former leader blew himself up in early February during a US raid in northwest Syria, an area controlled by rival jihadists.
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