The Islamic State group promises to “avenge” the death of its former leader – BFMTV

The death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hachimi al-Qurachi was confirmed by the terrorist organization on March 10. The jihadist organization Islamic State (IS) promised on Sunday to “avenge” its previous leader, who died in February, and called on his supporters to take advantage of the war in Ukraine to resume their attacks in Europe. On February 3, US President Joe Biden announced the death of former IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hachimi al-Qurachi, who blew himself up during an operation by US special forces in northwestern Syria, a region under jihadist control. Call for attacks in Europe His death, as well as that of the group’s former spokesperson were confirmed by ISIS on March 10. “We announce, relying on God, a blessed campaign to take revenge” for the death of the leader of ISIS, said Abu Omar al-Muhajir, the spokesman of the group, in an audio statement broadcast Sunday on Telegram attributed to them. nt called on his supporters to resume their attacks in Europe by seizing the “opportunity” of the “combat between crusaders”, in allusion to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.Abou Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurachi, new leader of the radical Sunni organization, the group’s third since its creation, has so far received little attention. Largely clandestine presence in Iraq and Syria After a meteoric rise in power in 2014 in Iraq and neighboring Syria and the conquest of vast , ISIS saw its self-proclaimed “caliphate” overthrown in successive offensives in these two countries, in 2017 and 2019 respectively. But the Islamic State “maintains a largely clandestine presence in Iraq and Syria and leads a sustained insurrection on both sides of the border between the two countries”, according to a UN report published last year. In these two countries, the jihadist organization would retain “in all 10,000 active combatants”, from according to the same source. IS also claimed to Attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan and affiliated jihadist groups also operate in Africa.