Ayad al-Jumaili

Ayad Hamid Khalaf Al-Jumaili[1] (also known as Abu Yahya;[2] Arabic: أياد الجميلي) is a senior leader in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and an intelligence official under the government of former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein.

History

Jumaili is a former intelligence officer from Fallujah under the government of former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein. After the U.S.-led invasion, he joined the Sunni insurgency and answered directly to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He is the head of Amniyat (the Arabic word for 'security') in Iraq and Syria, ISIL's intelligence and public security department. An Iraqi intelligence spokesman announced on 1 April 2017 that he was killed along with two other ISIL commanders in an airstrike by the Iraqi Air Force in the region of al-Qaim. The statement described him as the second-in-command of ISIL and as a war minister. The US-led anti-ISIL coalition meanwhile said it was unable to confirm the information about his death.[2][1][3][4]

References
  1. Isabel Coles and Ned Parker (11 December 2015). "How Saddam's men help Islamic State rule". Reuters.
  2. Maher Chmaytelli (1 April 2017). "Islamic State second-in-command killed in airstrike, Iraqi intelligence says". Reuters. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. "Islamic State deputy Ayad al-Jumaili killed in airstrike, Iraq says". Sky News. 1 April 2017.
  4. "ISIL second-in-command reportedly killed in air strike". Al-Jazeera. 2 April 2017.
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