Ayad al-Jumaili explained

Ayad Hamid Khalaf Al-Jumli (also known as Abu Yahya; Arabic: أياد الجميلي) is a senior leader in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and an intelligence official under the government of former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein.

History

Jumaili is a former intelligence officer from Fallujah under the government of former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein. After the U.S.-led invasion, he joined the Sunni insurgency and answered directly to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He is the head of Amniyat (the Arabic word for 'security') in Iraq and Syria, ISIL's intelligence and public security department. An Iraqi intelligence spokesman announced on 1 April 2017 that he was killed along with two other ISIL commanders in an airstrike by the Iraqi Air Force in the region of al-Qaim. The statement described him as the second-in-command of ISIL and as a war minister. The US-led anti-ISIL coalition meanwhile said it was unable to confirm the information about his death.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Islamic State second-in-command killed in airstrike, Iraqi intelligence says. Reuters. Maher Chmaytelli. 1 April 2017. 1 April 2017.
  2. News: Reuters. How Saddam's men help Islamic State rule. Isabel Coles and Ned Parker. 2015-12-11.
  3. News: Sky News. Islamic State deputy Ayad al-Jumaili killed in airstrike, Iraq says. 1 April 2017.
  4. News: Al-Jazeera. ISIL second-in-command reportedly killed in air strike. 2 April 2017.