List of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members

This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004–2006.^[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]

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

Leadership and branches

Current known personnel (in descending order by approximate rank)

• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (leader)^[3]
• Abu Muhammad al-Shimali (key leader in ISIL’s Immigration and Logistics Committee and responsible for facilitating the travel of foreign fighters primarily through the border Turkey/Syria)^[4]
• Gulmurod Khalimov (Former Tajik OMON Lieutenant-Colonel, Minister of War)
• Abu Luqman, governor of Raqqah
• Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani, top Saudi oil official
• Abu Muqatil al-Tunisi, senior French/Tunisian leader
• Mohamed Mahmoud, Austrian leader
• Moez al-Fezzani, senior Tunisian leader in Libya
• Ayad al-Jumaili, head of the overall "amniyat" (the Arabic word for 'security') in Iraq and Syria
• Abu Yusaf (senior security official) ^[5][6]
• Abu Ahmad al-Alwani (Member of Military Shura)^[7]
• Ahlam al-Nasr (poet and propagandist)
• Abu Ali al-Shishani, aka Anas Sharkas, aka Anas Jarkas (commander, formerly with al-Nusra,^[8][9] wife detained in Lebanon)^[10]
• Abu Ahmed (senior official interviewed by the Guardian)^[11]
• Lavdrim Muhaxheri, leader of ethnic Albanian mujahideen
• "The Beatles"^[12]
• Turki al-Binali, Bahraini Islamic scholar and top religious advisor
• Bahrun Naim, Indonesian leader
• Yusuf al-Hindi, Indian leader
• Bajro Ikanovic, Bosnian leader
• Reda Seyam, German education official

Foreign ISIL branches

• Abdul Qadir Mumin, senior Somalian scholar
• Abu Habib al-Libi, senior Libyan leader, served in both Iraq and Libya
• Muhammad Sholeh Ibrahim, Indonesian leader
• Abu Bilal al-Harbi, governor of Yemen
• Husayn Juaythini, senior leader in Gaza
• Abubakar Shekau, Leader of ISIL West Africa Province
• Abu Osama al-Masri, Leader of ISIL Sinai Province
• Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost (Recruiter for Wilayat Khorasan)^[13][14]
• Bilal Bosnić (Bosnian, alleged recruiter in Europe)^[15]

Governors of ISIL territories

• Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi (Governor in ISIL "Province" of Eastern Libya)^[16]
• Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi (Governor of 'South and Central Euphrates' region)^[17]

Former leaders and senior personnel

Former leaders (in descending order by date of death)

• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (founder; killed in 2006)^[18]
• Abu Ayyub al-Masri (killed in 2010)^[19]
• Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi (killed in 2010)^[20]
• Abu Suleiman al-Naser (head of military shura; killed in February 2011)^[21][22]
• Haji Bakr (Strategic head and top deputy in Syria, killed in 2014)^[23]
• Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi (Head of Military Shura, killed in 2014)^[24]
• Abu Mohannad al-Sweidawi (Member of Military Shura; killed in November 2014)^[25][22][26]
• Abu Sayyaf (senior leader overseeing ISIL's gas and oil operations, killed in May 2015)^[27]
• Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali (also known as Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, deputy leader in charge of Iraq; killed on 18 August 2015)^[28][29][30]
• Abu Nabil al Anbari (Leader of ISIL in Libya, killed in an air strike in November 2015)^[31]
• Abu Saleh, senior Iraqi leader (killed in 2015)
• Mullah Abdul Rauf (Deputy Leader of Wilayat Khorasan; killed in 2015)^[32][33]
• Abu Atheer al-Absi (governor of Aleppo province and coordinator of the Islamic State's media operations)^[34][35]
• Abu Ala al-Afri (also known as Abu Ali al-Anbari, Deputy leader of ISIL, killed in March 2016)^[36][37]
• Abu Waheeb (commander in Al Anbar, Iraq; killed in May 2016)^[38][39][40]
• Abu Omar al-Shishani (field commander in Syria, killed in July 2016)^[41][42]
• Abu Wardah Santoso, senior leader in Sulawesi, Indonesia (killed in July 2016)
• Hafiz Saeed Khan, (Leader of ISIL Khorasan Province, killed in July 2016) ^[43][44]
• Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, (official spokesperson and senior leader, killed in August 2016)^[45]
• Rustam Asildarov, (Leader of ISIL North Caucausus Province, killed in December 2016)^[46]

Other former personnel

• Abdul Hadi Daghlas (Al-Zarqawi's top Lieutenant, killed in 2003)^[47]
• Abu Anas al-Shami (Strategist, and Al-Zarqawi's adviser, killed in 2004)^[48]
• Abu Azzam (killed in 2005)^[49]
• Abu Omar al-Kurdi (captured in 2005)^[50]
• Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi (captured in 2006)^[51]
• Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman (killed in 2006)^[52]
• Hamid Juma Faris Jouri al-Saeedi (captured in 2006)^[53]
• Abu Yaqub al-Masri (killed in 2007)^[54]
• Haitham al-Badri (killed in 2007)^[55]
• Khaled al-Mashhadani (captured in 2007)^[56]
• Mahir al-Zubaydi (killed in 2008)^[57]
• Mohamed Moumou (killed in 2008)^[58]
• Huthaifa al-Batawi (killed in 2011)^[59]
• Omar al-Farouk al-Turki (ISIL Governor of Al-Hasakah Governorate, killed in 2014)
• Douglas McCain (killed in 2014)^[60]
• Abu Jurnas (Mosul Governor, killed in 2014)^[61][62]
• Hassan Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri (replacement Mosul Governor, killed in 2014)^[62]
• Abu Maria - Top ISIL commander in Tikrit^[63] (killed in 2015)
• Ali Awni al-Harzi (killed in June 2015)
• Maher Meshaal, Saudi nasheed singer (killed in 2015)
• Tariq bin al-Tahar bin al-Falih al-'Awni al-Harzi (emir of suicide bombers, fundraiser,^[64] killed in June 2015)
• Ahmed al-Ruwaysi (killed in Sirte, Libya in 2015)^[65]
• Selim Suleiman al-Haram (a leader of Egypt branch, killed in 2015)^[66]
• Junaid Hussain (recruiter and hacker, killed in August 2015)
• Denis Cuspert (also known Abu Talha al-Almani), (German recruiter; killed 16 October 2015 near Raqqa in US air strike)
• Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed "Jihadi John" (participant in beheading videos; killed 12 November 2015 near Raqqa in US air strike)^[67]
• Neil Prakash (Australian ISIS recruiter, captured in 2016)^[68]
• Abu al-Harith (Sudanese ISIS preacher and leader of Sirte branch, killed in Sirte, Libya in June 2016)^[69][70]
• Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad (ISIS information minister, killed in September 2016 in Raqqa)^[71][72]

See also

• Brussels ISIL terror cell

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