This is a list of current and former members of the

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(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. Little is known about the leadership or members, as most use assumed names and many fight or appear in video with covered faces. Most of its members are former officers and soldiers of

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after its collapse in 2003. Mugshot of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 2004

Leadership and branches

Current known personnel (in descending order by approximate rank)

Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو الحسين الحسيني القرشي, Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Husaynī al-Qurashī) is the fourth and current caliph of the Islamic State, starting from 30 November 2022. His position was announc ...

, caliph since 30 November 2022. * Abu Umar al-Muhajir, spokesman since 10 March 2022. * Abu Ali al-Tunisi, leader of manufacturing for ISIS in Iraq. * Omar al-Furkan, high ranking ISIL fighter. Candidate for 2nd ISIL Caliph. Member of ISIL's leading council. * Ayoub Rakawi, high ranking ISIL fighter. Member of ISIL's leading council. Candidate for 2nd ISIL Caliph following the death of Baghdadi. * Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani (born 1986), top Saudi oil official. * Abu Yusaf, senior security official, European. * Abu Muhammad al-Jazrawi, head of ''Hisbah''. ( Islamic religious police) * Abu Jandal al-Masri, Chief of Information in Raqqa, Egyptian. * Abu Suleyman al-Firansi - Moroccan, former soldier of the

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, worked with the Brussels Islamic State terror cell and is one of the suspected masterminds behind the November 2015 Paris attacks. * Fatiha Mejjati (born 1961), senior female commander, Moroccan. * Abu Ahmed (senior official interviewed by ''The Guardian'') * Bajro Ikanović (born 1976), senior leader and trainer, active in Syria and Iraq (since 2013), Bosnian. * Zulfi Hoxha – "Abu Hamza al-Amriki" (born 1992), senior commander and recruiter, active in Syria and Iraq (since 2015), Albanian-American. * Ahlam al-Nasr, propagandist (poet by profession), Syrian. * Abdullah Al-Belgian, preacher and propagandist. * Mawlavi Habib Ur Rahman – successor to Qari Hekmat in the north of Afghanistan. * Abu Nuh – (ISIS figure) * Muhammad Yasin Ahram Pérez, known as Abu Lais Al Qurtubí, propagandist after the

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. * Abu Salman al-Andalusí, propagandist after the 2017 Barcelona attacks. * Abu Adam al-Australi, fighter, who is thought to be Mounir Raad. * Abu Laith al-Jazerwe, fighter.

Foreign ISIL branches and governors of ISIL territories

* Mubarak Mohammed al-Otaibi, Syria-based deputy leader of operations in

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. * Abu Yasir Hassan, Leader of the Islamic State's Mozambique province. * Abdul Qadir Mumin, Leader of the

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. *

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, Leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Central Africa Province. * Shahab al-Muhajir, Leader of

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...

. * Abu Abdillah al-Muhajir, Leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - East Asia Province. * Abu Habib al-Libi, senior Libyan leader, served in both Iraq and Libya. * Muhammad Sholeh Ibrahim, Indonesian leader. *

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, ISIL leader in

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. * Abu Hajar al-Hashemi, Leader of ISIL Sinai Province. * Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi, Governor in ISIL "Province" of Eastern Libya. * Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi, Governor of 'South and Central Euphrates' region.

Former leaders and senior personnel

Former leaders (in ascending order by date of capture or death)

* Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (founder; killed in June 2006) *

Abu Ayyub al-Masri Abu Ayyub al-Masri ( ; , ', translation: "Father of Ayyub the Egyptian"; 1967 – 18 April 2010), also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir

(killed in April 2010) *

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Hamid Dawud Mohamed Khalil al-Zawi ( ar, حَمِيدُ دَاوُدَ مُحَمَّدُ خَلِيلِ ٱلزَّاوِيِّ, Ḥamīd Dāwud Muḥammad Ḵalīl az-Zāwī; 1959 – 18 April 2010), known as Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi and Abu Omar ...

(killed in April 2010) * Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman (head of military shura; killed in February 2011) *

Haji Bakr Samir Abd Muhammad al-Khlifawi, better known by the pseudonym Haji Bakr and sometimes his '' kunya'' Abu Bakr al-Iraqi, was a senior leader of the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), heading its Military Council and leadi ...

(strategic head and top deputy in Syria, killed in January 2014) *

Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi Adnan Ismail Najm al-Bilawi Al-Dulaimi ( ar, عدنان إسماعيل نجم البيلاوي الدليمي, extra= 1971 – 4 June 2014), better known by the nom de guerre Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi al-Anbari ( ar, أبو عبد الرحمن ا ...

(head of Military Shura, killed in June 2014) * Abu Khattab al-Kurdi, (senior commander, killed on November 27th, 2014) * Abu Mohannad al-Sweidawi (member of Military Shura; killed in November 2014) * Reda Seyam (senior education official, killed in December 2014) *

Abu Sayyaf Abu Sayyaf (; ar, جماعة أبو سياف; ', ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that follows the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. It is base ...

(senior leader overseeing ISIL's gas and oil operations, killed in May 2015) *

Umm Sayyaf Nasrin As'ad Ibrahim, better known by the ''nom de guerre'' Umm Sayyaf, is the widow of Abu Sayyaf. She was captured in May 2015 by US Delta Force soldiers on the mission where they killed her husband, a suspected leader of the Islamic State. Dur ...

(senior leader and spouse of Abu Sayyaf, captured in May 2015) * Ali Awni al-Harzi (killed in June 2015) * Tariq bin al-Tahar bin al-Falih al-'Awni al-Harzi (emir of

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killed in June 2015) * Abu Muslim al-Turkmani (also known as Abu Mutaz al-Qurashi, deputy leader in charge of Iraq; killed on 18 August 2015) *

Abu Nabil al-Anbari Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, better known by his noms de guerre Abu Nabil al-Anbari ( ar, أبو نبيل الأنباري, ʾAbū Nabīl al-ʾAnbārī), Abul Mughirah al-Qahtani ( ar, أبو المغيرة القحطاني, ʾAbū al-Mughīrah ...

(Leader of ISIL in Libya, killed in an airstrike in November 2015) * Abu Saleh, senior Iraqi leader (killed in 2015) * Mullah Abdul Rauf (deputy leader of Wilayat Khorasan; killed in 2015) * Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost (recruiter for Wilayat Khorasan, left in 2015) * Yunis Hunnar (Leader of the

Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade The Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade ( ar, لواء الشيخ عمر حديد, Liwāʾ ash-Shaykh ʿUmar Ḥadīd), also known as Islamic State in Gaza, is an Islamist militant group affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant that is ac ...

, killed in June 2015). * Abu Atheer Amr al-Absi (governor of Aleppo province and coordinator of the Islamic State's media operations, killed in March 2016) * Abu Ala al-Afri (also known as Abu Ali al-Anbari, Deputy leader of ISIL, killed in March 2016) *

Abu Waheeb Shaker Wahib al-Fahdawi al-Dulaimi (1986 – May 6, 2016), better known as Abu Waheeb ("''Father of Waheeb''"; Arabic: أبو وهيب), was a leader of the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in Anbar, Iraq. He killed three Syr ...

(commander in

Al Anbar Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...

, Iraq; killed in May 2016) *

Abu Omar al-Shishani Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili ( ka, თარხან ბათირაშვილი; 11 January 1986 – 10 July 2016), known by his '' nom de guerre'' Abu Omar al-Shishani ( ar, أَبُو عُمَرَ ٱلشِّيشَانِيِّ, ...

(field commander in Syria, killed in July 2016) * Abu Wardah, (senior leader in Sulawesi,

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, killed in July 2016) *

Hafiz Saeed Khan Hafiz Saeed Khan (1972 – 26 July 2016), also known as Mullah Saeed Orakzai, was an Islamic militant who served as the Islamic State emir for its Khorasan province, which is active in Afghanistan and Pakistan, from January 2015 until his deat ...

, (Leader of ISIL Khorasan Province, killed in July 2016) * Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, (official spokesperson and senior leader, killed in August 2016)Pentagon Confirms U.S. Strike in Syria Killed ISIL Leader
12 September 2016 * Rustam Asildarov, (Leader of ISIL North Caucausus Province, killed in December 2016) * Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti, (second-in-command in Syria, Kuwaiti, killed in December 2016) * Ahmad Abousamra, (chief editor of Dabiq, killed near al-Thawrah, Syria in January 2017) * Zainuri Kamaruddin, (Malaysian commander of Katibah Nusantara, killed in Raqqa in January 2017) * Abu Bilal al-Harbi, (governor of

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, killed in March 2017) * Abdul Haseeb Logari, (governor of

, killed in April 2017 in US special forces raid) * Turki al-Binali, (Bahraini Islamic scholar & top religious adviser, killed in May 2017 in Raqqa, Syria) * Lavdrim Muhaxheri, (Albanian commander, killed in June 2017 in Syria) * Abu Khattab al-Tunisi, (third-highest ranking commander in Syria, killed in June 2017 in Raqqa) * Abdul Rahman Ghaleb, (governor of

, killed in July 2017 in Kunar Province, Afghanistan) *

Gulmurod Khalimov Gulmurod Salimovich Khalimov ( tg, Гулмурод Салимович Ҳалимов) (1975–2017) was a Tajik and Islamist military commander. He was a lieutenant-colonel and commander of the police special forces of the Interior Ministry ...

, (Russian commander and recruiter, killed near Deir ez-Zor, Syria on 3 September 2017) *

Abu Muhammad al-Shimali Tarad Mohammad al-Jarba ( ar, طراد محمد آل الجربا), better known by his kunya Abu Muhammad al-Shimali ( ar, أبو محمد الشمالي), was an Iraqi-born citizen of Saudi Arabia and a senior leader of the Islamic State of Ir ...

, (key facilitator for foreign fighters, killed near Deir ez-Zor, Syria on 3 September 2017) *

Isnilon Hapilon Isnilon Totoni Hapilon (March 10, 1968 – October 16, 2017), also known by the ''nom de guerre'' Abu Abdullah al-Filipini, was a Moro Filipino Islamist militant affiliated with ISIS. He was formerly leader of Abu Sayyaf Group, before its bat ...

, (leader of

/ ISIL "Province" of the Philippines, killed in Marawi, Philippines on 16 October 2017) * Aqsa Mahmood (born 1993) (senior female recruiter, Scottish, probably killed) * Abu Osama al-Masri, (Leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Sinai Province, killed on 15 November 2018) * Ali Moussa Al-Shawakh – " Abu Luqman" (born 1973), governor of Raqqah, active in Syria (since 2011), Syrian, reportedly killed by an Iraqi airstrike on 17 April 2018 * Bahrun Naim, (Indonesian commander, killed in Ash Shafa, Syria on 8 June 2018) * Mohamed Mahmoud – "Abu Usama al-Gharib" (Egyptian-Austrian leader, killed in Syria on 28 November 2018) * Abu Osama al-Muhajer, (leader of

, captured on 25 June 2019) *

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو بكر البغدادي, ʾAbū Bakr al-Baḡdādī; born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai ( ar, إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي, ʾIb ...

(Founder and Leader, killed on 27 October 2019) * Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir (Spokesman and senior leader, named as a possible successor for al-Baghdadi; killed in an airstrike on 27 October 2019) * Abu Abdul Bari - Also known as "Shifa Ali Bashir Muhammad Gerges" and "Shifa al-Nima", (senior

Mufti A Mufti (; ar, مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (''fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatwas'' played an important role ...

, captured on 18 January 2020) * Mawlawi Aslam Farooqi, (Leader of

, captured on 4 April 2020) * Abdullah Qardash, (High ranking leader, captured on 20 May 2020) * Mu'taz Numan 'Abd Nayif Najm al-Jaburi, (senior leader and bomb-maker, killed on 26 May 2020) * Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, (Leader of

/ ISIL "Province" of the Philippines, killed on 6 July 2020) *

Abdul Qader al-Najdi Abdul Qader al-Najdi, also known as Abu Muaz al-Tikriti, was an Iraqi Islamic militant and the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya. He was possibly killed in September 2020. History He is sometimes confused as being Saudi ...

, (Leader of

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya The Islamic State is a militant Islamist group active in Libya under three branches: Fezzan Province ( ar, ولاية فزان, ''Wilayah Fizan'') in the desert south, Cyrenaica Province ( ar, ولاية برقة, ''Wilayah Barqah'') in the east, ...

, killed on 23 September 2020) * Aslan Byutukayev, (Chechen commander of

Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs Riyad-us Saliheen ( Russian: Риядус-Салихийн, also transliterated as ''Riyadus-Salikhin'', ''Riyad us-Saliheyn'' or ''Riyad us-Salihiin'') was the name of a small "martyr" (''shahid'') force of suicide attackers. Its original leade ...

/ ISIL "Province" of the Caucasus, killed on 20 January 2021) * Abu Yasser al-Issawi, (Senior commander claiming to be the leader of the group in Iraq and its "deputy caliph", killed by Iraqi security forces and death announced on 28 January 2021) * Muhammad Khadir Musa Ramadan, (senior leader and propagandist, killed in 2021) *

Abubakar Shekau Abu Mohammed Abubakar al-Sheikawi (also known by the alias ''Darul Akeem wa Zamunda Tawheed'', or ''Darul Tawheed''; "the abode of monotheism"; born 1965, 1969 or 1975 – 19 May 2021) was a Kanuri man known as the leader of Boko Haram, a Niger ...

, (Leader of Boko Haram, killed on 19 May 2021) * Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, (Leader of

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) is a terrorist group adhering to the ideology of Salafi Jihadism. IS-GS was formed on 15 May 2015 as the result of a split within the militant group Al-Mourabitoun. The rift was a reaction to the ad ...

, killed on 17 August 2021) * Abu Musab al-Barnawi, (Leader of Islamic State in West Africa, killed in August 2021) * Ali Kalora, (Leader of East Indonesia Mujahideen, killed on 18 September 2021) * Sami Jasim Muhammad al-Jaburi - Also known as "Hajji Hamid", (manager of finances, captured in October 2021) * Malam Bako, (Leader of Islamic State in West Africa, killed in October 2021) * Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, (Leader of Khatibah Nusaybah, captured in 2021) *

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو إبراهيم الهاشمي القرشي, Abū Ibrāhīm al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī; born Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi (); 1 or 5 October 1976 – 3 February 2022) was an Iraqi Isla ...

, (Leader, killed on 3 February 2022) * Abu Hamza al-Qurashi, (Spokesman, killed in 2022) * Sani Shuwaram, (Leading commander of the Islamic State in West Africa, killed in February 2022) * Maher al-Agal, (Leader of ISIL in Syria, killed in July 2022) *

Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو الحسن الهاشمي القرشي, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī), born Nour Karim al-Mutni (; died 15 October 2022), was an Iraqi terrorist and the third caliph of the Islamic Stat ...

(Leader, killed in October 2022) * Anas Sharkas – "Abu Ali al-Shishani" (Battalion commander, Syrian, killed in December 2022)

Other former personnel

* Abu Mansour (informal ambassador of ISIS in Turkey) * Abdul Hadi Daghlas (Al-Zarqawi's top Lieutenant, killed in 2003) *

Abu Anas al-Shami Abu Anas al-Shami ( ar, أبو أنس الشامي), was a senior leader in the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad militant group during the Iraq War, He was a Palestinian from Tulkarm city in the West Bank, born in Kuwait in 1969. According to the ...

(Strategist, and Al-Zarqawi's adviser, killed in 2004) * Abu Azzam (killed in 2005) * Abu Omar al-Kurdi (captured in 2005) * Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi (captured in 2006) * Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman (killed in 2006) * Hamid Juma Faris Jouri al-Saeedi (captured in 2006) * Abu Yaqub al-Masri (killed in 2007) * Haitham al-Badri (killed in 2007) * Khaled al-Mashhadani (captured in 2007) *

Mahir al-Zubaydi Mahir al-Zubaydi (died October 3, 2008 in Adhamiya, Baghdad, Iraq), also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, was a military commander in Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Zubaydi is believed to have headed the group that were behind bombings which killed at least 16 ...

(killed in 2008) * Mohamed Moumou (killed in 2008) * Huthaifa al-Batawi (killed in 2011) *

Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi Abdulaziz al-Mahdali (born 1986, Fnideq, Morocco), known as Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi, was a senior military commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. History He was one of the first to join Jabhat al-Nusra, at that time operating in ...

, (military commander, killed in March 2014) *

Bilal Bosnić Husein Bilal Bosnić (born 1972) is a Bosnian Salafi. He is known for recruiting jihadists from Europe. He was born Husein Bosnić in Bužim, northwest Bosnia in 1972, he adopted Bilal as his nickname. As a youngster he moved with his parents ...

, (Bosnian Recruiter, captured in 2014) * Zakaryah Raad (1992-2014), fighter, died in June 2014 fighting with ISIL in the Middle East. * Salahedin Ghaitun, known by his nom de guerre Abou Tamima, fighter, died on 15 July 2014 from a gun wound in the head. * Abu Mosa, press officer, was killed on 22 August 2014 in an attack for al-Tabqa air base in

Raqqa Governorate Raqqa Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة الرقة, Muḥāfaẓat ar-Raqqah) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in the north of the country and covers an area of 19,618 km2. The capital is Raqqa. The Islamic State ...

during the Syrian Civil War. * Douglas McCain (killed in August 2014) * Noureddine El Mejdoubi, known as Issa Abu, fighter, was arrested and imprisoned in Nanclares. * Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri (replacement Mosul Governor, killed in 2014) * Abu Jurnas (Mosul Governor, killed in December 2014) * Bastian Vasquez, known by his nom de guerre Abu Safiyyah, propagandist, died between January and May in an infighting incident. * Ahmed al-Ruwaysi (killed in Sirte, Libya in 2015) * Maher Meshaal, Saudi nasheed singer (killed in 2015) * Selim Suleiman al-Haram (a leader of Egypt branch, killed in 2015) * Yusuf al-Hindi (former ISIL leader in India, killed in 2015) *

Junaid Hussain Junaid Hussain ( 1994 – 25 August 2015) was a British black hat hacker and propagandist under the '' nom de guerre'' of Abu Hussain al-Britani who supported the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Hussain, who was raised in Birmingham ...

(recruiter and hacker, killed in August 2015) * Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed "

Jihadi John Mohammed Emwazi (born Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri; ar, محمد جاسم عبد الكريم عليان الظفيري; 17 August 1988 – 12 November 2015) was a British militant of Kuwaiti origin believed to be the pers ...

" (participant in beheading videos; killed on 12 November 2015 near Raqqa in a US air strike) * Mohamed Hamduch, known as Kokito Castillejos, recruiter and fighter who died in Aleppo on 1 December 2015. * Waleed Jaseem al-Alwani – " Abu Ahmad al-Alwani", member of Military Shura, Iraqi, killed 27 December 2015. * Ubaydullah Hussain, (Norwegian Recruiter, captured in December 2015) * Muhammad "Bada" Sajid – (former

Indian Mujahideen Indian Mujahideen (IM) is an Islamic terrorist group which has been particularly active in India. The jihadist group was founded as an offshoot of the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) by several radicalized members including Iqbal Bh ...

member, ISIS recruiter, killed in Syria in 2015) *

Neil Prakash Neil Christopher Prakash (born 7 May 1991), known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi ( ar, أبو خالد الكمبودي), is a former member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Islamic State group, whose Australian citizenship was revoked in Dec ...

(Australian ISIS recruiter, captured in 2016) * Raphael Hostey (British recruiter and fighter, killed on May 5, 2016) * Ali Aswad al-Jiburi (member of Shura council, killed on May 18, 2016) * Musa Cerantonio (Australian ISIS preacher, captured on May 19, 2016) * Abu al-Harith (Sudanese ISIS preacher and leader of Sirte branch, killed in Sirte, Libya in June 2016) * Abu Muhammad al-Furqan (ISIS information minister, killed in September 2016 in Raqqa) *

Abu Walaa Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah Abdullah (born 1984), better known as Abu Walaa, is an Islamic preacher based in Hildesheim, Germany. In 2016 he was arrested for supporting terrorism. Biography Born in al-Tamim, Iraq, he immigrated to Germany in 2001 ...

, (German propagandist, captured on November 8, 2016) *

Abu Rumaysah Abu Rumaysah al-Britani (born 24 June 1983), born Siddhartha Dhar, is a British citizen who is an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant. In January 2016, he was named as the narrator in a film issued by ISIL that showed the execu ...

(born 1983) (British fighter, possibly killed in 2017) * Abu Anas al-Iraqi, (Finance chief of ISIS, killed in a Delta Force raid at Dez ez-Zor in January 2017) * Ridvan Haqifi (1990–2017), commander and recruiter, active in Syria and Iraq, Kosovo Albanian. Killed on 8 February 2017. *

Abu Umar al-Almani Yamin Abou-Zand (1986 – 25 March 2017), better known by his '' nom de guerre'' Abu Umar al-Almani ( ar, أبو عمر الألماني; Abū ʿUmar al-Almānī), was a prominent German commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. He ...

(1986-2017), commander and recruiter, German. Killed on 25 March 2017. * Hussein Al-Dhufairi, (senior Kuwaiti Leader, captured in Manila, Philippines on 6 April 2017) * Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, (Senior Indonesian Leader, killed in April 2017) * Fawaz Muhammad Jubayr al-Rawi (Facilitator, killed in a US airstrike at

Abu Kamal Abu Kamal ( ar, أَبُو كَمَال, ʾAbū Kamāl) or Al-Bukamal ( ar, ٱلْبُوكَمَال, al-Būkamāl) is a city on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of eastern Syria near the border with Iraq. It is the administra ...

on 16 June 2017) * Sally-Anne Jones – "Umm Hussain al-Britani" (1968–2017), recruiter, British. Killed in June 2017. * Khaled Sharrouf, foreign fighter who was presumably killed in air strike on 11 August 2017. *

Abdullah el-Faisal Abdullah el-Faisal (born Trevor William Forrest, also known as Abdullah al-Faisal, Sheikh Faisal, Sheik Faisal, and Imam Al-Jamaikee, born 10 September 1963) is a Jamaican Muslim cleric who preached in the United Kingdom until he was convicted ...

– propagandist and recruiter, Jamaican. Captured on 25 August 2017. * Yahya al-Bahrumi – (American fighter, killed in October 2017) *

Akhmed Chatayev Akhmed Chatayev, Ahmad Shishani (russian: Ахмед Чатаев, italic=yes, ''Ахмад Шишани''; 14 July 1980 – 22 November 2017) was a Chechen Islamist, terrorist, and Islamic State leader who is thought to have been the planner of t ...

(1980–2017), trainer and organizer of activity against Russian diplomatic missions, Chechnyan. Killed on 22 November 2017 in

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by Georgian security forces. * Abu Natheer al-Muhajir – (deputy emir of the Salahuddin State, killed on 25 November 2017) * Denis Cuspert – "Abu Talha al-Almani" (1975–2018), German recruiter active since 2013. Killed in Gharanij, Syria on 17 January 2018. * "

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", hostage torturers and executioners, British. * Ismail al-Eithawi – (Top aide to Baghdadi, captured in February 2018) *

Mohammed Haydar Zammar Mohammed Haydar Zammar ( ar, محمد حيدر زمار ''Muḥammad Ḥaydar Zammār'') (born 1961) is a Syrian-German militant who served as an important al-Qaida recruiter, and is currently a member of the Islamic State. He claims to have re ...

(captured in March 2018) * Qari Hekmat – (High-ranking commander of IS's Afghan franchise in the northern province of Jowzjan, killed on 7 April 2018) * Nasser Abu Zaqul – (Central Sinai commander of the Islamic State, killed on 18 April 2018) *

Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi Shehroze Chaudhry (born 1994/1995) is a Canadian who gained international attention under the pseudonym Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi ("Abu Huzaifa the Canadian") as the subject of Caliphate (podcast), ''Caliphate'', a podcast hosted by Rukmini Callimachi ...

– (Canadian IS recruit, returned to

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in 2016) * Abu Huzeifa Al-Iraqi – (High-ranking IS commander, killed in April 2018) * Abu Walid al-Shishany – (close aid and right-hand man to Baghdadi, killed on 20 April 2018) * Qari Zahid – (Key Islamic State commander also known as Perai, killed on 24 April 2018) * Saleh Nasser Fadhl al-Bakshi – (senior Islamic State commander; also known as the "Prince" for the Aden area; killed on 28 April 2018) * Imad Jibar, fighter, was arrested in Turkey. * Bahrumsyah – (senior South-Asian commander and highest ranking Indonesian to fight with the IS; reported killed in April 2018) * Khaled al-Loweizi – (IS member, arrested on 3 May 2018) * Saddam al-Jammal – (Deputy ISIL governor of their

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province, captured on 9 May 2018) * Mohammed al-Qadeer – (Top IS commander, captured on 9 May 2018) * Omar al-Karbouli – (Top IS commander, captured on 9 May 2018) * Essam al-Zawbai – (Top IS commander, captured on 9 May 2018) * Sharmeena Begum – (British fighter, Missing since June 2018) * Tareq Kamleh – (foreign recruiter, killed on 8 June 2018) * Mufti Nemat – (leading ISIL commander in northern Afghanistan, surrendered on 1 August 2018) * Mahad Moalim – (senior Islamic State commander in Somalia, killed on 23 October 2018) * Mark John Taylor – (foreign fighter from New Zealand, captured by Kurdish Forces in December 2018) * Christian Emde - (German Commander, killed in late 2018) *

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– (Canadian propagandist, captured in January 2019) * Shamima Begum – (British fighter, captured in February 2019) * Umm Hamza – (former Leader of Al-Khansaa Brigade, surrendered on 24 February 2019) * Akel Zainal - (Indonesian Commander, killed in March 2019) * Mullah Krekar – (Norwegian Recruiter and Leader of Rawti Shax, arrested on 16 July 2019) *Abu al-Ward al-Iraqi – (IS Oil Official, killed in raid in Deir al-Zour province on 14 January 2020) * Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary – (foreign fighter and recruiter, captured in

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on 21 April 2020)

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