List of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members

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This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004–2014.[1] Little is known about the leadership or members, as most use assumed names and many fight or appear in video with covered faces.[2]

Mugshot of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by US armed forces while in detention at Camp Bucca in 2004
Current known personnel (most use assumed names)
Foreign ISIL branches
  • Abubakar Shekau, leader of IS's West African province
  • Rustam Asildarov, leader of IS's North Caucausus province
  • Shadi el-Manaei (ISIL chief in Sinai)
  • Hafiz Saeed Khan (Emir of Wilayat Khorasan)[18][19]
  • Mullah Abdul Rauf (Deputy Emir of Wilayat Khorasan; killed in 2015)[20][21]
  • Hafiz Wahidi (Replacement Deputy Emir of Wilayat Khorasan; killed in 2015)[22]
  • Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost (Chief of Khorasan -Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Central Asia - operations)[23][24]
  • Ahmed al-Ruwaysi or Abu Zakariya al-Tunisi (killed in 2015)[25]
  • Selim Suleiman al-Haram (a leader of Egypt branch, killed in 2015)[26]
Former leaders

Governors of ISIL territories

Other former personnel

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