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 (born 1971), top leader, Iraqi[3]
  • Tarad Muhammad al-Jarba – "Abu Muhammad al-Shimali" (born 1979), key logistician of foreign fighters, Iraqi.[4]
  • Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer (spokesman, appointed in December 2016)[5]
  • Gulmurod Khalimov (born 1975), commander and recruiter, active in Syria (since 2015), Tajikistani.[6]
  • Ali Moussa Al-Shawakh – "Abu Luqman" (born 1973), governor of Raqqah, active in Syria (since 2011), Syrian.
  • Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani, top Saudi oil official
  • Mohamed Mahmoud – "Abu Usama al-Gharib" (born 1985), senior leader, active in Syria (since 2014), Egyptian-Austrian.[7]
  • Abu Yusaf, senior security official, European[8][9]
  • Waleed al-Alwani – "Abu Ahmad al-Alwani", member of Military Shura, Iraqi[10]
  • Abu Muhammad al-Jazrawi, head of Hisbah (Islamic religious police)[11]
  • Abu Jandal al-Masri, Chief of Information in Raqqa[11]
  • Anas Sharkas – "Abu Ali al-Shishani", battalion commander, Syrian[12]
  • Abu Ahmed (senior official interviewed by the Guardian)[13]
  • Bahrun Naim (born 1983), commander, active in Syria (since 2014), Indonesian.
  • Bajro Ikanović (born 1976), senior leader and trainer, active in Syria and Iraq (since 2013), Bosnian.[14]
  • Reda Seyam (born 1959), education official, active in Syria and Iraq (since 2013), German-Egyptian.
  • Zulfi Hoxha – "Abu Hamza al-Amriki" (born 1992), senior commander and recruiter, active in Syria and Iraq (since 2015), Albanian-American.[15]
  • Ahlam al-Nasr, propagandist (poet by profession), Syrian.
  • Mawlavi Habib Ur Rahman – successor to Qari Hekmat in the north of Afghanistan[16]
  • Abu Nuh – (ISIS figure)[17]
Foreign ISIL branches and governors of ISIL territories

Former leaders and senior personnel

Former leaders (in ascending order by date of death)
Other former personnel

See also

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