Silence for three weeks, then the organization that has made propaganda and communication its strength confirms: the old leader is dead, killed by American special forces. As the United States said a month ago. The story of Abu Ibrahim al Hashimi al-Quraysh it was short and dark. Her appointment – announced in October 2019, after the death of al-Baghdadi – was accompanied only by the nom de guerre and a few details of his life. Her two and a half years were mysterious. On the contrary, her death was told and confirmed – for the first time – by the terrorist organization: an audio message from the new spokesperson confirmed it. The leader lost his life in Syria in a raid on February 3: before being captured by the Americans, Abu Ibrahim al Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed himself. And he killed his family too.
Isis, how the US blitz that led to the death of the jhadist leader was born
by our correspondent Paolo Mastrolilli
Now the new caliph, the third, has also been announced: Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi. Little is known about the new leader. Certainly the process of succession at the top was long because there was no undisputed suitor. And we know that ISIS is once again scary, active and dangerous: the organization continues to shed blood in Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, with ambushes, attacks and assassinations. The ranks of ISIS, according to intelligence reports, are swelling and doubled: the organization’s fighters are 4 thousand operatives.