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List of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members

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List of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members

This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004–2006. Little is known about the leadership or members, as most use assumed names and many fight or appear in video with covered faces.

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Leadership and branches

Current known personnel (in descending order by approximate rank)
  • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (leader)
  • Abu Muhammad al-Shimali (key leader in ISIL’s Immigration and Logistics Committee and responsible for facilitating the travel of foreign fighters primarily through the border Turkey/Syria)
  • Gulmurod Khalimov (Former Tajik OMON Lieutenant-Colonel, Minister of War)
  • Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer (spokesman publicly known in December 2016)
  • Abu Luqman, governor of Raqqah
  • Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani, top Saudi oil official
  • Sally Jones, British Recruiter
  • Mohamed Mahmoud, Austrian leader
  • Abdul Qadr Al Najdi, Libyan leader
  • Akhmed Chatayev, Chechen/Russian leader
  • Ayad al-Jumaili, head of the overall "amniyat" (the Arabic word for 'security') in Iraq and Syria
  • Abu Yusaf (senior security official)
  • Abu Ahmad al-Alwani (Member of Military Shura)
  • Abu Muhammad al-Jazrawi, head of Hisbah (Islamic religious police)
  • Abu Jandal al-Masri, Chief of Information in Raqqa
  • Ahlam al-Nasr (poet and propagandist)
  • Abu Ali al-Shishani, aka Anas Sharkas, aka Anas Jarkas (commander, formerly with al-Nusra, wife detained in Lebanon)
  • Abu Ahmed (senior official interviewed by the Guardian)
  • Lavdrim Muhaxheri, leader of ethnic Albanian mujahideen
  • "The Beatles"
  • Turki al-Binali, Bahraini Islamic scholar and top religious advisor
  • Bahrun Naim, Indonesian leader
  • Yusuf al-Hindi, Indian leader
  • Bajro Ikanovic, Bosnian leader
  • Denis Cuspert (German recruiter, also known as Abu Talha al-Almani)
  • Reda Seyam, German education official
  • Bahrumsyah Mennor Usman, leader of Katibah Nusantara
    • Foreign ISIL branches
  • Abdul Qadir Mumin, senior Somalian scholar
  • Abu Habib al-Libi, senior Libyan leader, served in both Iraq and Libya
  • Muhammad Sholeh Ibrahim, Indonesian leader
  • Abu Bilal al-Harbi, governor of Yemen
  • Husayn Juaythini, senior leader in Gaza
  • Abubakar Shekau, Leader of ISIL West Africa Province
  • Abu Osama al-Masri, Leader of ISIL Sinai Province
  • Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost (Recruiter for Wilayat Khorasan)
  • Isnilon Hapilon (leader of Abu Sayyaf/ISIL "Province" of the Philippines)

    • Governors of ISIL territories

  • Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi (Governor in ISIL "Province" of Eastern Libya)
  • Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi (Governor of 'South and Central Euphrates' region)

    • Former leaders and senior personnel

    Former leaders (in descending order by date of death)
  • Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (founder; killed in 2006)
  • Abu Ayyub al-Masri (killed in 2010)
  • Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi (killed in 2010)
  • Abu Suleiman al-Naser (head of military shura; killed in February 2011)
  • Haji Bakr (Strategic head and top deputy in Syria, killed in 2014)
  • Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi (Head of Military Shura, killed in 2014)
  • Bilal Bosnic (Bosnian Recruiter, captured in September 2014)
  • Abu Mohannad al-Sweidawi (Member of Military Shura; killed in November 2014)
  • Abu Sayyaf (senior leader overseeing ISIL's gas and oil operations, killed in May 2015)
  • Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali (also known as Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, deputy leader in charge of Iraq; killed on 18 August 2015)
  • Abu Nabil al Anbari (Leader of ISIL in Libya, killed in an air strike in November 2015)
  • Abu Saleh, senior Iraqi leader (killed in 2015)
  • Mullah Abdul Rauf (Deputy Leader of Wilayat Khorasan; killed in 2015)
  • Abu Atheer al-Absi (governor of Aleppo province and coordinator of the Islamic State's media operations)
  • Abu Ala al-Afri (also known as Abu Ali al-Anbari, Deputy leader of ISIL, killed in March 2016)
  • Abu Waheeb (commander in Al Anbar, Iraq; killed in May 2016)
  • Abu Omar al-Shishani (field commander in Syria, killed in July 2016)
  • Abu Wardah Santoso, senior leader in Sulawesi, Indonesia (killed in July 2016)
  • Hafiz Saeed Khan, (Leader of ISIL Khorasan Province, killed in July 2016)
  • Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, (official spokesperson and senior leader, killed in August 2016)
  • Rustam Asildarov, (Leader of ISIL North Caucausus Province, killed in December 2016)
  • Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti, (second-in-command in Syria, killed in December 2016)
  • Zainuri Kamaruddin (Malaysian commander of Katibah Nusantara, killed in Raqqa in January 2017)
    • Other former personnel
  • Abdul Hadi Daghlas (Al-Zarqawi's top Lieutenant, killed in 2003)
  • Abu Anas al-Shami (Strategist, and Al-Zarqawi's adviser, killed in 2004)
  • Abu Azzam (killed in 2005)
  • Abu Omar al-Kurdi (captured in 2005)
  • Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi (captured in 2006)
  • Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman (killed in 2006)
  • Hamid Juma Faris Jouri al-Saeedi (captured in 2006)
  • Abu Yaqub al-Masri (killed in 2007)
  • Haitham al-Badri (killed in 2007)
  • Khaled al-Mashhadani (captured in 2007)
  • Mahir al-Zubaydi (killed in 2008)
  • Mohamed Moumou (killed in 2008)
  • Huthaifa al-Batawi (killed in 2011)
  • Omar al-Farouk al-Turki (ISIL Governor of Al-Hasakah Governorate, killed in 2014)
  • Douglas McCain (killed in 2014)
  • Abu Jurnas (Mosul Governor, killed in 2014)
  • Hassan Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri (replacement Mosul Governor, killed in 2014)
  • Abu Maria - Top ISIL commander in Tikrit (killed in 2015)
  • Ali Awni al-Harzi (killed in June 2015)
  • Maher Meshaal, Saudi nasheed singer (killed in 2015)
  • Tariq bin al-Tahar bin al-Falih al-'Awni al-Harzi (emir of suicide bombers, fundraiser, killed in June 2015)
  • Ahmed al-Ruwaysi (killed in Sirte, Libya in 2015)
  • Selim Suleiman al-Haram (a leader of Egypt branch, killed in 2015)
  • Junaid Hussain (recruiter and hacker, killed in August 2015)
  • Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed "Jihadi John" (participant in beheading videos; killed 12 November 2015 near Raqqa in US air strike)
  • Neil Prakash (Australian ISIS recruiter, captured in 2016)
  • Abu al-Harith (Sudanese ISIS preacher and leader of Sirte branch, killed in Sirte, Libya in June 2016)
  • Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad (ISIS information minister, killed in September 2016 in Raqqa)
  • Moez Al Fezzani (Tunisian commander in Libya, captured in Sudan in November 2016)
  • Abu Anas al-Iraqi (Finance chief of ISIS, killed in a Delta Force raid at Dez ez-Zor in January 2017)
  • Abu Abdel Rahman (Senior executioner, killed in Mosul in January 2017)
  • Khaled Sharrouf (Australian fighter, killed in Mosul in January 2017)
  • Rachid Kassim (French recruiter, killed in Mosul in February 2017)
  • Abu Thar (Senior commander, killed in Kirkuk in March 2017)

    • References

    List of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members Wikipedia
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