Militant group Islamic State confirmed the death of its former leader on Thursday and announced its new leader, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Quraishi.
The SITE intelligence group which monitors extremist activity online, reported IS spokesman Abu Umar al-Muhajir, made the announcement in a speech posted online, acknowledging the death of former leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.
He also confirmed the death of former spokesman Abu Hamza.
U.S. President Joe Biden originally announced last month that U.S. special forces killed had killed the jihadist group’s leader in a raid in northwest Syria.
The death of the 45-year-old Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi was another blow to IS two years after the violent Sunni Muslim group lost longtime leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a similar raid in 2019.
Some information for this report came from Reuters.
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