El Shafee Elsheikh
Elsheik, known as Shafee, is born in Sudan, and believed to have travelled to Syria to join al-Qaeda in 2012 before joining ISIS.
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Bassam Ahmad al-Hasri
Al-Hasri has longstanding ties to al-Qa'ida, and was released in 2011 by Syrian authorities after spending six years in prison for his association with the...
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...
Gulmurod Salimovich Khalimov
Khalimov is former Tajikistan special operations colonel, police commander and military expert. Now he is a Syria-based ISIL member and recruiter. Khalimov was the commander...
Peter Cherif
He is a foreign fighter and member of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Cherif converted to Islam in 2003. His mentor was Farid Benyettou....
Emilie Konigh
She traveled to Syria in 2012 to join and fight for ISIL. While in Syria, Konig directed individuals in France to attack French government institutions...