Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir

Abul-Hasan was the successor of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, who was killed while visiting the Aleppo frontlines in Syria in August 2016.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-islamicstate-spokesman-idUSKBN13U1Z6 |title=Islamic State identifies Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer as new spokesman |date=5 December 2016 |work=Reuters |access-date=5 February 2017}} He was believed to have been a foreigner due to his kunya identifying him as "al-Muhajir" meaning "the emigrant". After his death, he was confirmed to be a Saudi national on 31 October.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50254785|title=Islamic State names its new leader as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi|work=BBC News|date=31 October 2019|access-date=31 October 2019}}

• "And You Will Remember What I [Now] Say To You" – 5 December 2016{{Cite web |title=New audio message from The Islamic State's Abū al-Ḥasan al-Muhājir: "And You Will Remember What I [Now] Say To You" |url=https://jihadology.net/2016/12/05/new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-abu-al-%E1%B8%A5asan-al-muhajir-and-you-will-remember-what-i-now-say-to-you/ |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=jihadology.net}}
• "So Be Patient. Indeed, The Promise Of God Is Truth" – 4 April 2017{{cite journal |url=https://icct.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ICCT-Berger-Countering-IS-Messaging-Aug-2017-1.pdf |title=Countering Islamic State Messaging Through "Linkage-Based" Analysis |journal=Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies |first=J.M. |last=Berger |date=August 2017 |access-date=29 October 2019 |doi=10.19165/2017.2.02 |issn=2468-0486 |pages=3–4, 6, 8 |doi-access=free |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923102359/https://icct.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ICCT-Berger-Countering-IS-Messaging-Aug-2017-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}
• "And When The Believers Saw The Companies" – 12 June 2017{{cite journal |url=https://ctc.usma.edu/the-battle-for-raqqa-and-the-challenges-after-liberation/ |title=The Battle for Raqqa and the Challenges after Liberation |date=June 2017 |volume=10 |issue=6 |first=Hassan |last=Hassan |access-date=29 October 2019 |journal=Combating Terrorism Center |page=6 |publisher=United States Military Academy |archive-date=28 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528133807/https://ctc.usma.edu/the-battle-for-raqqa-and-the-challenges-after-liberation/ |url-status=dead }}
• "So From Their Guidance Take An Example" – 22 April 2018{{cite web |url=https://jihadology.net/2018/04/22/new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-abu-al-%E1%B8%A5asan-al-muhajir-so-from-their-guidance-take-an-example/ |title=New audio message from The Islamic State's Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir: "So From Their Guidance Take An Example" |first=Aaaron Y. |last=Zelin |date=22 April 2018 |access-date=17 April 2019 |work=Jihadology}}
• "The Mujāhidīn’s Assault on the Tower of the Polytheists" – 26 September 2018{{Cite web |title=New audio message from The Islamic State’s Abū al-Ḥasan al-Muhājir: "The Mujāhidīn's Assault on the Tower of the Polytheists" |url=https://jihadology.net/2018/09/26/new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-abu-al-%E1%B8%A5asan-al-muhajir-the-mujahidins-assault-on-the-tower-of-the-polytheists/ |access-date=7 January 2024 |website=jihadology.net}}
• "He Was True To God, So [God] Was True To Him" – 18 March 2019{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/world/middleeast/isis-spokesman-speech.html |title=ISIS Spokesman Ends Silence by Calling for Retaliation Over New Zealand Massacres |date=18 March 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2019 |first=Rukmini |last=Callimachi |author-link=Rukmini Callimachi }}

In an article published in The Atlantic, journalist Graeme Wood postulates that Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir is Texas-born John Georgelas, also known as Yahya Abu Hassan, though he later cast doubt on his theory, and al-Bahrumi was eventually killed in October 2017.{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/the-american-leader-in-the-islamic-state/510872/ |title=The American Climbing the Ranks of ISIS |first=Graeme |last=Wood |author-link=Graeme Wood (journalist) |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=17 April 2019 |magazine=The Atlantic}}

Muhajir and four others were killed on 27 October 2019 by a Central Intelligence Agency airstrike in Ayn al-Bayda,{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/us-strikes-kill-isis-spokesperson-day-after-baghdadi-death-syria-raid-1468018|title=U.S. Strikes Kill ISIS Spokesperson One Day After Baghdadi's Death in Syria Raid|website=Newsweek|date=27 October 2019}} near Jarablus in northwest Syria, close to the border with Turkey.{{cite web|url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2019/10/u-s-targets-senior-isis-leader-in-northwest-syria/|title=ISIS spokesman Al-Muhajir killed in U.S. airstrike in Syria|publisher=BNO News|date=27 October 2019|access-date=27 October 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi-spokesman/kurdish-ypg-islamic-state-spokesman-killed-in-syria-idUSKBN1X60NK|title=Kurdish YPG: Islamic State spokesman killed in Syria|publisher=Reuters|date=27 October 2019|access-date=27 October 2019}} It came less than 24 hours after IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi blew himself up during a U.S. raid in Syria's Idlib Province.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/us/politics/isis-leader-al-baghdadi-dead.html|title=ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Is Dead, Trump Says|work=The New York Times|date=27 October 2019|access-date=27 October 2019}} Muhajir was described as a senior IS leader and Baghdadi's "right-hand man."

On 29 October, U.S. President Donald Trump stated on social media that al-Baghdadi's "number one replacement" had been killed by American forces, adding: "Most likely would have taken the top spot - Now he is also Dead!"{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/trump-al-baghdadi-number-replacement-dead-191029142647917.html |title=Trump says al-Baghdadi's 'number one replacement' is dead |date=29 October 2019 |access-date=29 October 2019 |work=Al Jazeera |publisher=Al Jazeera Media Network}} While Trump did not specify a name, a U.S. official later confirmed that Trump was referring to al-Muhajir.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi-successor/trump-says-likely-baghdadi-successor-killed-by-us-troops-idUSKBN1X81LG|title=Trump says likely Baghdadi successor killed by U.S. troops|publisher=Reuters|date=29 October 2019|access-date=29 October 2019}} On 31 October, IS confirmed al-Muhajir and al-Baghdadi's deaths.{{cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/11/islamic-state-confirms-baghdadis-death-names-new-emir-of-the-faithful.php|title=Islamic State confirms Baghdadi's death, names new 'Emir of the Faithful'|website=Long War Journal|date=1 November 2019}}

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