Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir
Spokesman of the Islamic State (died 2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thaher Salim Mohammad Al-Shahiri (Arabic: ظاهر سليم محمد الشاهري)[1] known by his nom de guerre Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir (Arabic: أبو الحسن المهاجر; died 27 October 2019)[2] was the kunya used by the official spokesman of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from 5 December 2016 until 27 October 2019, when he was killed in a U.S. airstrike in northwest Syria. He was a Saudi national.[3] He was replaced by Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi.
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Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir | |
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ابو الحسن المهاجر | |
Born | Thaher Salim Mohammad Al-Shahiri 1977 (1977) |
Died | 27 October 2019(2019-10-27) (aged 41–42) |
Cause of death | Air strike |
Nationality (legal) | Saudi Arabian |
Occupation | Official spokesman of the Islamic State |
Successor | Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi |
Movement | Islamic State |
Criminal charge(s) | Designated a terrorist by the United Nations Security Council and the US State Department |
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