List of Islamic State members
This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq, from 2004 to 2006. Little is known about the leadership or members, as most use assumed names and many fight or appear in video with covered faces. Most of its members are former officers and soldiers of Saddam Hussein's regime under the then-ruling Iraqi regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party after its collapse in 2003.
File:Mugshot of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 2004.jpg|thumb|150px|Former IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; mugshot by US armed forces while in detention at Camp Bucca in 2004
Current leadership, branches and personnel
Leadership
- Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, caliph since 3 August 2023.
- Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari spokesman since 3 August 2023.
- Omar al-Furkan, high ranking IS fighter. Candidate for 2nd IS Caliph. Member of IS's leading council.
- Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani, top Saudi oil official.
- Abu Yusaf, senior security official, European.
- Abu Muhammad al-Jazrawi, head of Hisbah.
- Abu Jandal al-Masri, Chief of Information in Raqqa, Egyptian.
- Abu Suleyman al-Firansi - Moroccan, former soldier of the French Foreign Legion, worked with the Brussels Islamic State terror cell and is one of the suspected masterminds behind the November 2015 Paris attacks.
- Fatiha Mejjati, senior female commander, Moroccan.
- Abu Ahmed
- Bajro Ikanović, senior leader and trainer, active in Syria and Iraq, Bosnian.
- Ahlam al-Nasr, propagandist, Syrian.
- Abdullah al-Belgian, preacher and propagandist.
- Mawlavi Habib Ur Rahman – successor to Qari Hekmat in the north of Afghanistan.
- Abu Nuh –
- Muhammad Yasin Ahram Pérez, known as Abu Lais Al Qurtubí, propagandist after the 2017 Barcelona attacks.
- Abu Salman al-Andalusí, propagandist after the 2017 Barcelona attacks.
- Abu Adam al-Australi, fighter, who is thought to be Mounir Raad.
- Hasna al-Sabiti, leader.
- Khadra Essa is a Dutch citizen of Somali origin who was a Sharia instructor of the Nusaybah women's battalion.
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- Mubarak Mohammed al-Otaibi, Syria-based deputy leader of operations in Saudi Arabia.
- Abu Yasir Hassan, Leader of the Islamic State's Mozambique province.
- Abdirahman Fahiye Isse Mohamud, Leader of the Islamic State in Somalia.
- Musa Baluku, Leader of Islamic State – Central Africa Province.
- Shahab al-Muhajir, Leader of Islamic State – Khorasan Province.
- Abu Abdillah al-Muhajir, Leader of Islamic State — East Asia Province.
- Abu Habib al-Libi, senior Libyan leader, served in both Iraq and Libya.
- Muhammad Sholeh Ibrahim, Indonesian leader.
- Jalaluddin al-Tunisi, IS leader in Tripoli.
- Abu Hajar al-Hashemi, Leader of IS Sinai Province.
- Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi, Governor in IS "Province" of Eastern Libya.
- Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi, Governor of 'South and Central Euphrates' region.
- Abdul Qadir Mumin, Leader of the Islamic State in Somalia's al-Karrar office.
- Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, aka Abdiweli aw-Mahamud or Ina-Waran Walaac, head of the finance office of Islamic State of Somalia.
- Hachim Chaib, known by his nom de guerre Abu Hanifah al-Belgiki, is a chief of Islamic religious police and executioner.
- Abu Dujana al-Jubouri, Governor of the Aleppo Province.
Personnel
- Abu Mansour – informal ambassador of IS in Turkey.
- Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – Canadian IS recruit, returned to Canada in 2016.
- Sharmeena Begum – British school girl who travelled to join IS after her mother died of cancer.
- Abu Muhammad al-Italy, who edited an article of Voice of Khorasan.
- Muhammed Amin, oldest jihadist in IS and member of the uyghurs.
- Abu Dujanah al-Baljiki is an IS fighter from Belgium who highlighted a remote-control anti-aircraft weapon to target American and French aircraft in a video titled We Will Surely Guide Them To Our Ways.
- Abu Jihad al-Rusi, an IS fighter from Russia.
- Abu Suhayb al-Faransi, a former army trainer and businessman.
- Abu Salih al-Amriki is an IS fighter who urged to carry out attacks and vowed to raise the IS flag over the White House.
- Abu Jihad al-Karachai, Umar's companion.
- Abu Anisa al-Dagestani, former leader. Hazimi. Escaped from IS. Wanted by the Security Service of the Islamic State.
- Abdul Wadoud from France, Islamic State fighter, who taunted President Francois Hollande.
Former leaders and senior personnel
Leaders and personnel captured
- Abu Omar al-Kurdi
- Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi
- Hamid Juma Faris Jouri al-Saeedi
- Khaled al-Mashhadani
- Bilal Bosnić,
- Umm Sayyaf, Abu Sayyaf spouse, also senior leader, was captured in May 2015.
- Ubaydullah Hussain,
- Salah Abdeslam
- Neil Prakash
- Abu Walaa,
- Hussein Al-Dhufairi,
- Abdullah el-Faisal – propagandist and recruiter, Jamaican. Captured on 25 August 2017.
- Ismail al-Eithawi –
- Mohammed Haydar Zammar
- Saddam al-Jammal –
- Mohammed al-Qadeer –
- Omar al-Karbouli –
- Essam al-Zawbai –
- Saddam Omar Hussein al-Jamal, commander in Al-Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, responsible for the burning of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh, was captured in 2018.
- Mark John Taylor –
- Mohammed Khalifa,
- Abu Osama al-Muhajer,
- Abu Abdul Bari - Also known as "Shifa Ali Bashir Muhammad Gerges" and "Shifa al-Nima",
- Mawlawi Aslam Farooqi,
- Abdullah Qardash,
- Mu'taz Numan 'Abd Nayif Najm al-Jaburi,
- Sami Jasim Muhammad al-Jaburi — Also known as "Hajji Hamid",
- Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren,
- Abu Omar al-Muhajir
- Hashem Abu Sidra, leader of Islamic State in Libya, was captured on 4 January 2024.
Leaders killed
- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
- Abu Ayyub al-Masri
- Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
- Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman
- Haji Bakr
- Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi
- Abu Khattab al-Kurdi,
- Abu Mohannad al-Sweidawi
- Reda Seyam
- Othman al-Nazih
- Abu Sayyaf.
- Anas al-Nashwan, a senior IS Sharia official.
- Ali Awni al-Harzi, key person of interest in Benghazi attack, was killed on 15 June 2015 in an airstrike in Mosul, Iraq.
- Tariq bin al-Tahar bin al-Falih al-'Awni al-Harzi
- Abu Muslim al-Turkmani
- Abu Nabil al-Anbari
- Abu Saleh, senior Iraqi leader
- Mullah Abdul Rauf
- Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost
- Yunis Hunnar.
- Abu Atheer Amr al-Absi
- Abu Ali al-Anbari,
- Abu Waheeb
- Abu Omar al-Shishani
- Abu Wardah,
- Hafiz Saeed Khan,
- Abu Mohammad al-Adnani,
- Rustam Asildarov,
- Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti,
- Ahmad Abousamra,
- Zainuri Kamaruddin,
- Abu Bilal al-Harbi,
- Abdul Haseeb Logari,
- Turki al-Binali,
- Lavdrim Muhaxheri,
- Abu Khattab al-Tunisi,
- Abdul Rahman Ghaleb,
- Gulmurod Khalimov,
- Abu Muhammad al-Shimali,
- Isnilon Hapilon,
- Aqsa Mahmood
- Zulfi Hoxha – "Abu Hamza al-Amriki", senior commander and recruiter, active in Syria and Iraq, Albanian-American, allegedly killed in 2018.
- Abu Osama al-Masri,
- Ali Moussa al-Shawakh – "Abu Luqman", governor of Raqqah, active in Syria, Syrian, reportedly killed by an Iraqi airstrike on 17 April 2018
- Bahrun Naim,
- Mohamed Mahmoud – "Abu Usama al-Gharib"
- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir
- Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan,
- Abdul Qader al-Najdi,
- Aslan Byutukayev,
- Abu Yasser al-Issawi,
- Muhammad Khadir Musa Ramadan,
- Abubakar Shekau,
- Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi,
- Abu Musab al-Barnawi,
- Ali Kalora,
- Malam Bako,
- Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi,
- Abu Hamza al-Qurashi,
- Sani Shuwaram,
- Maher al-Agal,
- Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
- Anas Sharkas – "Abu Ali al-Shishani"
- Hamza Adel Mohammad al-Zamili allegedly the second-highest official in the Sinai Province.
- Hamza al-Homsi
- Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi
- Abu Ali al-Tunisi
- Daham Mohammed Alawi, also known as Abu Saeed al-Dandoushi, was the self-proclaimed governor of Kirkuk, killed on 7 February 2025 in an airstrike targeting the Zarka area on the border between Saladin and Kirkuk. It resulted in the deaths of seven IS operatives, including two other senior figures.
- Abu Khadija, also known as Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, was the Deputy caliph of IS and governor of IS Syria and Iraq operations, killed in a US airstrike on 13 March 2025.
Other personnel killed
- Abdul Hadi Daghlas
- Abu Anas al-Shami
- Abu Azzam
- Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman
- Abu Yaqub al-Masri
- Haitham al-Badri
- Mahir al-Zubaydi
- Mohamed Moumou
- Huthaifa al-Batawi
- Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi,
- Zakaryah Raad, fighter, died in June 2014 fighting with IS in the Middle East.
- Salahedin Ghaitun, known by his nom de guerre Abou Tamima, fighter, died on 15 July 2014 from a gun wound in the head.
- Abu Mosa, press officer, was killed on 22 August 2014 in an attack for al-Tabqa air base in Raqqa Governorate during the Syrian Civil War.
- Douglas McCain
- Noureddine El Mejdoubi, known as Issa Abu, fighter, was arrested and imprisoned in Nanclares.
- Hassan Saeed al-Jabouri
- Abu Jurnas
- Bastian Vasquez, known by his nom de guerre Abu Safiyyah, propagandist, died between January and May in an infighting incident.
- Jake Bilardi
- Ahmed al-Ruwaysi
- Maher Meshaal, also known as Abu Hajar al-Hadrami, Saudi nasheed singer killed in July 2015
- Selim Suleiman al-Haram
- Yusuf al-Hindi
- Junaid Hussain
- Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed "Jihadi John"
- Ismail Omar Mostefai, Samy Amimour, Brahim Abdeslam, Bilal Hadfi, Ahmad Al Mohammad and M. al-Mahmod were the perpetrators of the November 2015 Paris attacks, who died the same day, on 14 November 2015.
- Abdelhamid Abaaoud
- Mohamed Hamduch, known as Kokito Castillejos, recruiter and fighter who died in Aleppo on 1 December 2015.
- Waleed Jaseem al-Alwani – "Abu Ahmad al-Alwani", member of Military Shura, Iraqi, killed 27 December 2015.
- Muhammad "Bada" Sajid –
- Raphael Hostey
- Ali Aswad al-Jiburi
- Abu al-Harith
- Nadir Abu Khalid
- Abu Muhammad al-Furqan
- Abdullah Abu Muhammad was a well-known Salafi preacher in the Russian-speaking environment. He composed and performed two nasheeds: "Soon, very soon" and "He is Allah". Killed in December 2016.
- Abu Saifullah al-Shishani
- Abu Rumaysah
- Abu Anas al-Iraqi,
- Ridvan Haqifi, commander and recruiter, active in Syria and Iraq, Kosovo Albanian. Killed on 8 February 2017.
- Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, born Ronald Fiddler and also known as Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, was an IS fighter and suicide bomber who blew himself up in a village south of Mosul. He was previously freed from Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
- Abu Umar al-Almani, commander and recruiter, German. Killed on 25 March 2017.
- Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi,
- Abu Maliha al-Kanadi, suicide bomber from Canada who died in May 2017 in Ninawa Province.
- Fawaz Muhammad Jubayr al-Rawi
- Ahmad Medinskiy
- Sally-Anne Jones – "Umm Hussain al-Britani", recruiter, British. Killed in June 2017.
- Khaled Sharrouf, foreign fighter who was presumably killed in air strike on 11 August 2017.
- Yahya al-Bahrumi –
- Akhmed Chatayev, trainer and organizer of activity against Russian diplomatic missions, Chechnyan. Killed on 22 November 2017 in Tbilisi by Georgian security forces.
- Abu Natheer al-Muhajir –
- Abu Shuayb al-Somali, born Sayid Hussein Feisal Ali Warabe in 1991, traveled from Finland to Syria to become a jihadi fighter. He was killed in an airstrike on 29 December 2017 in Syria.
- Denis Cuspert – "Abu Talha al-Almani", German recruiter active since 2013. Killed in Gharanij, Syria on 17 January 2018.
- "The Beatles", hostage torturers and executioners, British.
- Qari Hekmat –
- Nasser Abu Zaqul –
- Abu Huzeifa al-Iraqi –
- Abu Walid al-Shishany –
- Qari Zahid –
- Saleh Nasser Fadhl al-Bakshi –
- Imad Jibar, fighter, was arrested in Turkey.
- Ifthekar Jaman, a British foreign fighter killed in December 2013
- Bahrumsyah –
- Khaled al-Loweizi –
- Tareq Kamleh –
- Mufti Nemat –
- Mahad Moalim –
- Christian Emde —
- Shamima Begum –
- Umm Hamza –
- Akel Zainal —
- Mullah Krekar, Norwegian recruiter and leader of Rawti Shax who was arrested on 16 July 2019)
- Abu al-Ward al-Iraqi –
- Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, foreign fighter and recruiter who was captured in Almería, Spain on 21 April 2020 and died in prison. He planned to lead a terrorist cell in Europe.
- Bilal al-Sudani
- Andre Richard Omer Poulin, known by his nom de guerre Abu Muslim, was a foreign fighter from Timmins, Ontario, who joined the fight in Syria in 2012 and recruited other jihadists.
- Kevin Chassin, known by the nom de guerre Abu Maryam al-Faransi, militant who threatened France and died on a suicide attack in Iraq.
- Abu Abdul Aziz al-Faransi, IS militant who blew up himself in Haditha on 22 May 2015.
- Kujtim Fejzulai, known by the nom de guerre Abu Dagnah al-Albany, IS sympathizer who carried out the Vienna attack on 2 November 2020.
- Abu Obaida, also known as Abu Obeida, a senior IS leader who was the chief of the Hisbah patrol in Raqqa, and he was arrested on 18 August 2021 in Khalis, Iraq by Iraqi special intelligence.
- Abu 'Uqayl from Singapore, also known as Megat Shahdan bin Abdul Samad, is an IS fighter who travelled to Syria. Internal Security Department said it is believed he was killed in a conflict zone.
- Khalil Abdullah al-Khalif, also known as Khaled Iyad Ahmad al-Jabouri, a senior IS operative was killed on April 3, 2023.
- Surat Gul, also known as Saifullah, Islamic State Khorasan leader killed on 11 February 2024 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.