BAGHDAD (HRNW) Iraq has “crucial” intelligence about the current leader of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, banned in Russia), Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, a spokesman for the country’s counter-terrorism service, Sabah al-Numan, told Sputnik on Tuesday, adding that the service makes constant surveillance of his activities in the country’s western desert areas.
Al-Qurashi became the group’s leader following the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a special US operation in Syria in 2019. The IS eventually confirmed al-Baghdadi’s death and named al-Qurashi as his replacement.
“We have important information about the IS leader, and it is now undergoing monitoring, scrutiny and evaluation … The terrorist group leader is on the move and has been active in desert areas, especially across the border region of the Anbar desert [in Iraq’s western province of Al Anbar],” al-Numan said.
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