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Egypttoday (blog)
December 19, 2017
Abu Anas al-Shami Iraqi troops announced on September 26, 2017 killing of Abu Anas who known as Wali or governor of Rawa, one of IS leaders in Rawa city in An attack by Iraqi troops. 5. Rasheed Kassem In February 2017, an important figure in IS, French terrorist Rasheed Kassem, was killed in Mosul.
Eurasia Review
November 9, 2017
Abu Anas al-Shami (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). Abu Yaqub al-Masri (killed in 2007). Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi, (military commander, killed in March 2014). Abu Jurnas (MosulÃâà...
Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
September 14, 2017
Abu Anas Al-Shami, was an expert in weapons. Al-Shami was at the head of ISIS attempts to purchase explosives for use in the organization's terror attacks outside Syria and Iraq. He was also responsible for assembling improvised explosive devices used against local forces and civilians. Junaid RahmanÃâà...
The Independent
September 8, 2017
US-led coalition bombing dispatched two weapons experts in the east of Deir Ezzor on Thursday, a statement from the Combined Joint Task Force said. Abu Anas al-Shami, who spearheaded Isis attempts to procure explosives used in terror attacks both inside and outside Syria, was killed near the city ofÃâà...
The National
September 7, 2017
Abu Anas al-Shami and Junaid ur Rehman, both weapons experts, died during US-led coalition airstrikes in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, the Combined Joint Task Force announced on Thursday. Al-Shami, a weapons research leader, who led ISIL's attempts to procure explosives and devise plans toÃâà...
Long War Journal
September 7, 2017
Timeline of senior Islamic State personnel killed in or near Mayadin, Syria. The US military has now identified at least fourteen Islamic State figures killed in Mayadin or the surrounding area since April of this year. In addition to Abu Anas al-Shami and Junaid ur Rehman, the US previously announced theÃâà...
Irish Times
January 3, 2017
Abu Anas al-Shami, a Jabhat Fateh al-Sham spokesman, said the attack, in the countryside of the northern province of Idlib, was carried out by the international coalition. More than 20 people were killed, he said. “The headquarters targeted by the international coalition a short time ago are a mainÃâà...
Middle East Forum (blog)
February 7, 2016
The Shari'i judiciary was in the hands of Abu Anas al-Shami [killed in September 2004], then Abu Sulayman al-Otaibi [he eventually defected], then Abu Ishaq al-Jiburi [c. August-September 2007, appointed as a replacement], then Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi, then Abu Muslim al-Masri, then Abu AssamÃâà...
Long War Journal
May 30, 2014
Abu Anas al Shami was the spiritual adviser for Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the first head of al Qaeda in Iraq. Al Shami was killed during the height of the Iraq War, and al Qaeda's reference to him is likely an attempt to influence the thinking of jihadists whose careers began in Zarqawi's organization. Both theÃâà...
