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Islamic State names new leader, confirming US raid killed predecessor

IS United States Islamic State Islam Qurayshi Syria Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi
The ruins of Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi’s hideout in Syria’s Idlib province after he blew himself up during a US raid in February.
The ruins of Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi’s hideout in Syria’s Idlib province after he blew himself up during a US raid in February. Photograph: Aaref Watad/AFP/Getty Images

Islamic State has named a new leader after confirming that its previous head was killed by the US in north-western Syria over a month ago.

In an audio message released on Thursday, an IS spokesman, Abu Omar al-Muhajer, confirmed the death of the group’s leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, as well as that of its former spokesman, Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, in the US raid.

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