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This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004 to 2006.[1] Little is known about the leadership or members, as most use assumed names and many fight or appear in video with covered faces.[2]

Former IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; mugshot by US armed forces while in detention at Camp Bucca in 2004

Current leadership, branches and personnel

Further information: Caliph of the Islamic State and List of leaders of the Islamic State

Leadership

Foreign IS branches and governors of IS territories

Personnel

  • Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – Canadian IS recruit, returned to Canada in 2016.[28]
  • Sharmeena Begum – British school girl who travelled to join IS after her mother died of cancer.[29]
  • Abu Muhammad al-Italy, who edited an article of Voice of Khorasan.[30][better source needed]
  • Muhammed Amin (born 1935), oldest jihadist in IS and member of the uyghurs who left China with his family after his son was killed fighting in Syria.[31][32]
  • Abu Dujanah al-Baljiki is an IS fighter from Belgium who highlighted a remote-control anti-aircraft weapon to target American and French aircraft in a video titled We Will Surely Guide Them To Our Ways.[33][better source needed]
  • Abu Jihad al-Rusi, an IS fighter from Russia.[34]
  • Abu Suhayb al-Faransi (born c. 1950),[35] a former army trainer and businessman.[36]
  • Abu Salih al-Amriki is an IS fighter who urged to carry out attacks and vowed to raise the IS flag over the White House.[37][38]
  • Abu Jihad Karachai (The real name is Islam Atabiev), (born 1983[39][40]) Umar's companion.
  • Abu Anisa al-Dagestani (Abu Muhammad ar-Rusi)[41]
  • Abu Maram al-Jazairi[41]
  • Abu Ahmed al-Firansi[41]
  • Abu Daoud al-Maghribi[41]
  • Yanis Belhamra, known by his nom de guerre Abdul Wadoud from France,[42] Islamic State fighter, who taunted President Francois Hollande.[43][44][45] He is a former pizza delivery man.[46]
  • Abu al-Abbass al-Shami, Islamic State fighter who appeared in a video called Inside the Khilafah and called on the organization's operatives to "rise up against the infidels" and promised they will reach them from the desert.[47][48]
  • Mounir Raad[49] (b. 1997),[50] known by his nom de guerre Abu Adam al-Australi,[51] fighter who appeared in Inside the Khilafah 2 and urge supporters to join the fight in Philippines and to take up arms at home and abroad.[52][53]
  • Abu Abdullah al-Habashi (from Britain) (1993-2014), Islamic State fighter who appeared in a propaganda video on October 2014.[43][54] It is believed he died in the Syrian border town of Kobani at the age of 21 in November 2014.[55] He was born into a Christian family of Eritrean heritage,[56] in 2009 he converted to Islam and travelled to Syria in December 2013.[57]
  • Abu Dauoud al-Almani (from Germany), Islamic State fighter who calls to join ISIS.[58][59]
  • Michaël Dos Santos, known by his nom de guerre Abu Osman or Abou Othman (born 1992), ISIL executioner who joined the group in 2013.[60] He was from the Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne and appeared in a video slaying hostages, including Peter Kassig.[61]
  • Abdul Haleem al-Tunisi, foreign fighter.[62]

Former leaders and senior personnel

Leaders and personnel captured

Leaders killed

Other personnel killed or captured

  • Abdul Hadi Daghlas (al-Zarqawi's top Lieutenant, killed in 2003)[179]
  • Abu Anas al-Shami (Strategist, and al-Zarqawi's adviser, killed in 2004)[180]
  • Abu Azzam (killed in 2005)[181]
  • Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman (killed in 2006)[182]
  • Abu Yaqub al-Masri (killed in 2007)[183]
  • Haitham al-Badri (killed in 2007)[184]
  • Mahir al-Zubaydi (killed in 2008)[185]
  • Mohamed Moumou (killed in 2008)[186]
  • Huthaifa al-Batawi (killed in 2011)[187]
  • Ifthekar Jaman, a British foreign fighter killed in December 2013[188]
  • Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi, (military commander, killed in March 2014)
  • Zakaryah Raad (1992-2014), fighter, died in June 2014 fighting with IS in the Middle East.[189][190]
  • Salahedin Ghaitun, known by his nom de guerre Abou Tamima, fighter, died on 15 July 2014 from a gun wound in the head.[191]
  • Abu Mosa, press officer, was killed on 22 August 2014 in an attack for al-Tabqa air base in Raqqa Governorate during the Syrian Civil War.[192]
  • Douglas McCain (killed in August 2014)[193]
  • Noureddine El Mejdoubi, known as Issa Abu, fighter, was arrested and imprisoned in Nanclares.[194]
  • Hassan Saeed al-Jabouri (replacement Mosul Governor, killed in 2014)[195]
  • Abdul Ghameed Abbas, known as Abu Bakr al-Swedi, IS Swedish fighter who died on November 2014 in al-Ramadi, Iraq from an air strike. He was born in Göteborg and grew up in Bergsjön. He married Khadijah Dare and got a child.[196][197]
  • Abu Jurnas (Mosul Governor, killed in December 2014)[198]
  • Bastian Vasquez, known by his nom de guerre Abu Safiyyah, propagandist, died between January and May in an infighting incident.[199][200]
  • Jake Bilardi (killed in Iraq in 2015)
  • Ahmed al-Ruwaysi (killed in Sirte, Libya in 2015)[201]
  • Maher Meshaal, also known as Abu al-Zubayr al-Jazrawi, Saudi nasheed singer killed in July 2015[202]
  • Selim Suleiman al-Haram (a leader of Egypt branch, killed in 2015)[203]
  • Yusuf al-Hindi (former IS leader in India, killed in 2015)
  • Junaid Hussain (recruiter and hacker, killed in August 2015)
  • Reyaad Khan, known by the nom de guerre Abu Dujana al Hindi (1994-21 August 2015),[204] was an ISIS militant from Cardiff who appeared in a video entitled There's No Life Without Jihad.[205][206] He died on 21 August 2015 from a drone strike in Syria.[207][208]
  • Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed "Jihadi John" (participant in beheading videos; killed on 12 November 2015 in Raqqa in a US air strike)[209]
  • Ismail Omar Mostefai, Samy Amimour, Brahim Abdeslam, Bilal Hadfi, Ahmad Al Mohammad and M. al-Mahmod were the perpetrators of the November 2015 Paris attacks, who died the same day, on 14 November 2015.[210][211] Abdelhamid Abaaoud, mastermind and perpetrator of the attacks, was killed on 18 November 2015[212][213] alongside another perpetrator, Chakib Akrouh,[214][215] and his cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen.[216][217]
  • Mohamed Hamduch, known as Kokito Castillejos, recruiter and fighter who died in Aleppo on 1 December 2015.[218][219]
  • Waleed Jaseem al-Alwani – "Abu Ahmad al-Alwani", member of Military Shura, Iraqi, killed 27 December 2015.[220][221]
  • Muhammad "Bada" Sajid – (former Indian Mujahideen member, IS recruiter, killed in Syria in 2015)[222]
  • Raphael Hostey (British recruiter and fighter, killed on May 5, 2016)
  • Ali Aswad al-Jiburi (member of Shura council, killed on May 18, 2016)
  • Abu al-Harith (Sudanese IS preacher and leader of Sirte branch, killed in Sirte, Libya in June 2016)[223][224]
  • Oumar Diaw, also known as Abou Barrou or Abu Baroo (1982-2016), jihadist and recruiter.[225][226] He was from Schiltigheim, moved to Syria in 2014, and died in July 2016.[227][228]
  • Nadir Abu Khalid (Dagestani preacher)[229]
  • Ezzit Raad, kwnown by the nom de guerre Abu Mansur al-Muhajir,[230] Australian Islamic State fighter who died during Manbij offensive in 2016,[231] and was previously convicted over a terror plot in Melbourne.[232][233] His brother Ahmed was also radicalised.[234]
  • Abu Muhammad al-Furqan (IS information minister, killed in September 2016 in Raqqa)[235][236]
  • Abu Mujahid al-Faransi[237]
  • Abdullah Abu Muhammad was a well-known Salafi preacher in the Russian-speaking environment. He composed and performed two nasheeds: "Soon, very soon" and "He is Allah". Killed in December 2016.
  • Muhammad Yasin Ahram Pérez (1995-2019),[238] known as Abu Lais Al Qurtubí, propagandist after the 2017 Barcelona attacks.[239] His mother Tomasa Pérez Molleja accompanied his six sons to Syria to join ISIL,[240] where she died.[241]
  • Abu Saifullah al-Shishani (died 21 December 2016 or in June 2017) (Chechen IS suicide bomber who attacked ISF in eastern Mosul)
  • Abu Rumaysah (born 1983) (British fighter, possibly killed in 2017)
  • Abu Anas al-Iraqi, (Finance chief of IS, killed in a Delta Force raid at Dez ez-Zor in January 2017)[242]
  • Ridvan Haqifi (1990–2017), commander and recruiter, active in Syria and Iraq, Kosovo Albanian. Killed on 8 February 2017.
  • Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, born Ronald Fiddler and also known as Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, was an IS fighter and suicide bomber who blew himself up in a village south of Mosul.[243] He was previously freed from Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[244]
  • Abu Umar al-Almani (1986-2017), commander and recruiter, German. Killed on 25 March 2017.
  • Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, (Senior Indonesian Leader, killed in April 2017)
  • Abu Maliha al-Kanadi, suicide bomber from Canada who died in May 2017 in Ninawa Province.[245]
  • Fawaz Muhammad Jubayr al-Rawi (Facilitator, killed in a US airstrike at Abu Kamal on 16 June 2017)[246]
  • Ahmad Medinsky (Dagestani preacher, killed in June 2017)[247]
  • Sally-Anne Jones – "Umm Hussain al-Britani" (1968–2017), recruiter, British. Killed in June 2017.[248]
  • Abu Osama al-Tunisi, IS commander who died on 25 July 2017 from an airstrike in Raqqah.[249]
  • Khaled Sharrouf, foreign fighter who was presumably killed in air strike on 11 August 2017.[250][251][252]
  • Yahya al-Bahrumi – (American fighter, killed in October 2017)
  • Akhmed Chatayev (1980–2017), trainer and organizer of activity against Russian diplomatic missions, Chechnyan. Killed on 22 November 2017 in Tbilisi by Georgian security forces.
  • Abu Natheer al-Muhajir – (deputy emir of the Salahuddin Province, killed on 25 November 2017)[253]
  • Abu Shu'ayb as-Somali or Abu Shuayb al-Somali, born Sayid Hussein Feisal Ali Warabe in 1991, traveled from Finland to Syria to become a jihadi fighter.[254] He was killed in an airstrike on 29 December 2017 in Syria.[255][256]
  • Denis Cuspert – "Abu Talha al-Almani" (1975–2018), German recruiter active since 2013. Killed in Gharanij, Syria on 17 January 2018.[257]
  • "The Beatles", hostage torturers and executioners, British.[258]
  • Maxime Hauchard, known by his nom de guerre Abou Abdallah al-Faransi (1992-2018), was an ISIS executioner,[259] He died in March 2018.[260]
  • Qari Hekmat – (High-ranking commander of IS's Afghan franchise in the northern province of Jowzjan, killed on 7 April 2018)[11][261]
  • Nasser Abu Zaqul – (Central Sinai commander of the Islamic State, killed on 18 April 2018)[262]
  • Abu Huzeifa al-Iraqi – (High-ranking IS commander, killed in April 2018)[263]
  • Abu Walid al-Shishany – (close aid and right-hand man to Baghdadi, killed on 20 April 2018)[264]
  • Qari Zahid – (Key Islamic State commander also known as Perai, killed on 24 April 2018)[265]
  • Saleh Nasser Fadhl al-Bakshi – (senior Islamic State commander; also known as the "Prince" for the Aden area; killed on 28 April 2018)[266][267]
  • Imad Jibar, fighter, was arrested in Turkey.[268]
  • Bahrumsyah – (senior South-Asian commander and highest ranking Indonesian to fight with the IS; reported killed in April 2018)[269][12]
  • Khaled al-Loweizi – (IS member, arrested on 3 May 2018)[270]
  • Tareq Kamleh – (foreign recruiter, killed on 8 June 2018)
  • Abu Yasser, Iraqi nasheed singer disappeared in July 2018
  • Mufti Nemat – (leading IS commander in northern Afghanistan, surrendered on 1 August 2018)
  • Mahad Moalim – (senior Islamic State commander in Somalia, killed on 23 October 2018)[271]
  • Christian Emde — (German Commander, killed in late 2018)[272]
  • Khallad al-Qahtani, Saudi nasheed singer killed in late 2018[273]
  • Shamima Begum – (British fighter, captured in February 2019)
  • Fabien Clain (Abu Anas al-Faransi), French IS media worker killed in Syria on 20 February 2019
  • Jean-Michel Clain (Abu Uthman al-Faransi), brother of the previous one and nasheed singer. Killed in Syria on 22 February 2019
  • Umm Hamza – (former Leader of Al-Khansaa Brigade, surrendered on 24 February 2019)[274]
  • Akel Zainal — (Malaysian fighter, killed in March 2019)[275]
  • Mullah Krekar, Norwegian recruiter and leader of Rawti Shax who was arrested on 16 July 2019[276]
  • Abu al-Ward al-Iraqi – (IS Oil Official, killed in raid in Deir al-Zour province on 14 January 2020)[277]
  • Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, foreign fighter and recruiter who was captured in Almería, Spain on 21 April 2020 and died in prison. He planned to lead a terrorist cell in Europe.[278]
  • Bilal al-Sudani (killed in northern Somalia on January 25, 2023)[279]
  • Andre Richard Omer Poulin, known by his nom de guerre Abu Muslim, was a foreign fighter from Timmins, Ontario,[280] who joined the fight in Syria in 2012 and recruited other jihadists.[281][282]
  • Kevin Chassin, known by the nom de guerre Abu Maryam al-Faransi,[283] militant who threatened France and died on a suicide attack in Iraq.[284][285]
  • Abu Abdul Aziz al-Faransi, IS militant who blew up himself in Haditha on 22 May 2015.[286][287]
  • Kujtim Fejzulai, known by the nom de guerre Abu Dagnah al-Albany,[288] IS sympathizer who carried out the Vienna attack on 2 November 2020.[289]
  • Abu Obaida, also known as Abu Obida[290] or Abu Obeida,[291] a senior IS leader who was the chief of the Hisbah patrol in Raqqa,[292] and he was arrested on 18 August 2021 in Khalis, Iraq by Iraqi special intelligence.[293]
  • Abu 'Uqayl from Singapore, also known as Megat Shahdan bin Abdul Samad (1978-2021), is an IS fighter who travelled to Syria.[294] Internal Security Department said it is believed he was killed in a conflict zone.[295]
  • Khalil Abdullah al-Khalif, also known as Khaled Iyad Ahmad al-Jabouri, a senior IS operative was killed on April 3, 2023.[296]
  • Surat Gul, also known as Saifullah Peshawari,[297][298] Islamic State Khorasan leader killed on 11 February 2024 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[299][300]
  • Abu Aisha al-Omari, fighter and perpetrator of Shah Cheragh attack who died on the scene.[301][302]
  • Quentin Le Brun, known by his nom de guerre Abu Osama al-Faranci, French combatant and propagandist.[303][304]
  • Othman Garrido, known by his nom de guerre Abu Salman al-Faranci (born 1994), ISIS fighter who was sentenced in September 2026 by the French court to 30 years in prison.[305][306]

See also

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