The new ISIS caliph is Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi and its spokesperson is Abu Hamza al-Qurashi
in CIA strikes near Jarablus in Aleppo—that an Iraqi named Abdullah Qardash was the most likely successor.
Little was revealed about either Qarayshi or Qarashi's backgrounds, though it was made known that the new leader is a veteran of the group's efforts to impose its militant ideology and that late spokesperson Muhajir was a Saudi national. Baghdadi himself was from Iraq, where he was detained following the 2003 U.S. invasion that stirred the Sunni Muslim insurgency he would later lead as part of the Islamic State of Iraq, a merger including Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Baghdadi, along with Muhajir, went on to release occasional audio message in the years since, but the elusive leader disappeared entirely from the public eye as his self-styled caliphate crumbled, with frequent rumors of his location and fate surfacing without proof. Defying reports of his death at the hands of U.S. or Russian airstrikes, he appearedWith his demise now confirmed, the U.S. military has warned it would be ready for any acts of retaliation.
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