Abu Yahya Al-Iraqi
Abu Yahya Al-Iraqi has reportedly played a key role in security for al-Baghdadi and oversees ISIS security in Iraq and Syria. ISIS has killed hundreds...
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Denis Cuspert
Cuspert ended his rap career in 2010, converted to Islam and took the kunya Abou Maleeq. He left Germany in 2012 for Egypt and eventually...
Abd al Hadi Zarqun
Zarqun is a Libya-based ISIS financier who was one of the most prominent ISIS leaders in Sirte, Libya. He helped establish the initial ISIS presence...
Iyad Nazmi Salih Khalil
Khalil was originally sent to Syria with six other individuals in 2011 by former al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI) official and current ISIS leader Abu Bakr...
Abu-Muhammad al-Jawlani
After his release from Camp Bucca prison in 2008, al-Julani resumed his militant work, this time alongside Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the then...
Ali Musa Al-Shawakh
Al-Shawakh is designated for acting for or on behalf of ISIL. As of mid-2015, Syrian national al-Shawakh served as ISIL's governor for Raqqah, Syria. After...
Muhammad Sholeh Ibrahim
Indonesian national Ibrahim has served as the acting emir of Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT), group that seeks establishment of an Islamic caliphate in Indonesia, since...
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir
In a speech following the Bali attacks Bashir stated, "I support Osama bin Laden's struggle because his is the true struggle to uphold Islam." He...
Report: Jund al Aqsa’s campaign of violence
In early October, the jihadist group Jund al Aqsa swore allegiance to Jabhat Fateh al Sham (formerly Al Nusrah Front), which is al Qaeda's rebranded...
Osama Bin Laden
Osama was the founder of al-Qaeda in 1988. This organization claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States. He is responsible for...
Abdullah Ahmed Al-Meshedani
Al-Meshedani is an Iraqi Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader who manages arriving foreign terrorist fighters, handles guesthouses for them, and transports...
Abu Ali al-Anbari
In the early days he was a physics teacher in Tal Afar and a preacher. He was involved with radical Islam since the 1980s. Al-Anbari...