ISIS declared the name of its new leader after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in an American raid in Syria.ISIS named Abu Ibrahim Hashimi al-Quraishi in a message posted by its official media wing as Baghdadi successor
The ISIS confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and named his replacement a said a statement released Thursday.
“We mourn you… commander of the faithful,” an audio statement read by Abu Hamza al-Quraishi, presented as the jihadist group’s spokesman, said.
The official ISIS media outlet Al-Furqan released a new audio message that was widely distributed online and attributed to new ISIS spokesperson Abu Hamza al-Qurashi. The individual warned that despite the setback of losing its leadership, ISIS would continue to wage war on those considered to be outside of its ultraconservative Islamist vision.
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