Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi
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Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi أبو فاطمة الجحيشي | |
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 Abu Fatima in detention | |
| Birth name | Ni'ma Abd Nayef al-Jabouri نعمة عبد نايف الجبوري |
| Born | Iraq |
| Allegiance |  Islamic State |
| Rank | Deputy leader of the Islamic State in Iraq |
| Battles / wars | Iraqi insurgency |
Ni'ma Abd Nayef al-Jabouri (Arabic: نعمة عبد نايف الجبوري), known by his nom de guerre Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi (Arabic: أبو فاطمة الجحيشي) or Abu Fatima al-Jiburi, is an Islamic State militant currently believed to be the deputy leader of the Islamic State's Iraq Wilyat.
Initially in charge of the IS operations in southern Iraq before he moved to the northern city of Kirkuk,[1] he then became Governor of the South and Central Euphrates region in the Islamic State and a senior member in the IS hierarchy.[2][3]
The available information indicates that as of 2016, Abu Fatima was alive and part of the inner circle of Islamic State leader then-leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, serving as his deputy in the position of the overall leader for Iraq.[4] He succeeded Abu Muslim al-Turkmani,[5] who was killed by a US drone strike near Mosul on 18 August 2015.[6][7]
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- ^ Seldin, Jeff (21 August 2015). "US Claims Airstrike Kills Islamic State's Second-in-Command". VOA News. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Mason, Jeff; Strobel, Warren (21 August 2015). Maler, Sandra; McCool, Grant (eds.). "Islamic State second-in-command killed in U.S. air strike - White House". Reuters. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Retrieved 27 October 2019.