Terror group names Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi as new leader
Daesh terrorist group, on Thursday confirmed in an audio statement the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The group named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi as its new leader, according to a statement distributed by Al-Furqan, the group's media wing.
In the sound recording released from the Telegram messaging app channels close to Daesh, Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, terror group's so-called new spokesman, confirmed the death of al-Baghdadi and Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, former spokesman of Daesh.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced al-Baghdadi's death on Sunday following a late-night special operation raid in northwestern Syria's Idlib province.