Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi
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Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi أبو فاطمة الجحيشي | |
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 Abu Fatima in detention | |
| Birth name | Ni'ma Abd Nayef al-Jabouri نعمة عبد نايف الجبوري |
| Born | Iraq |
| Allegiance |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Rank | Deputy leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq |
| Battles/wars | Iraqi insurgency |
Ni'ma Abd Nayef al-Jabouri (Arabic: نعمة عبد نايف الجبوري), known by his nom de guerre Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi (Arabic: أبو فاطمة الجحيشي) or Abu Fatima al-Jiburi, was initially in charge of the ISIS operations in southern Iraq before he moved to the northern city of Kirkuk.[1] He then became Governor of the South and Central Euphrates region in the Islamic State and a senior member in the IS hierarchy.[2][3]
The available information indicates that as of 2016, Abu Fatima was alive and part of the inner circle of Islamic State leader then-leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was serving as his deputy in the position of the overall leader for Iraq.[4] He succeeded Abu Muslim al-Turkmani,[5] who was killed by a US drone strike near Mosul on 18 August 2015.[6][7]
References
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- ^ Seldin, Jeff (21 August 2015). "US Claims Airstrike Kills Islamic State's Second-in-Command". VOA News. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Mason, Jeff; Strobel, Warren (21 August 2015). Maler, Sandra; McCool, Grant (eds.). "Islamic State second-in-command killed in U.S. air strike - White House". Reuters. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Retrieved 27 October 2019.