Ni'ma Abd Nayef al-Jabouri ( ar, نعمة عبد نايف الجبوري), known by his

nom de guerre A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...

Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi ( ar, أبو فاطمة الجحيشي) or Abu Fatima al-Jiburi, was initially in charge of the

ISIS Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingd ...

operations in southern Iraq before he moved to the northern city of

Kirkuk Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...

. He then became Governor of the South and Central Euphrates region in the

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and a senior member in the IS hierarchy. The available information indicates that as of 2016, Abu Fatima is alive and part of the inner circle of

leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is serving as his deputy in the position of the overall leader for Iraq. He succeeded

Abu Muslim al-Turkmani Fadel Ahmed Abdullah al-Hiyali (died 18 August 2015), better known by his noms de guerre Abu Muslim al-Turkmani ( ar, أبو مسلم التركماني), Haji Mutazz, or Abu Mutaz al-Qurashi, was the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) go ...

, who was killed by a US drone strike near Mosul on 18 August 2015.

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Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi
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