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Yemeni militant and member of ISIL
Mohammed Abdullah , also known as Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi , is a
Yemeni
[1] militant and member of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant . Both names are noms de guerre . He was reported to originally be a preacher who joined ISIL in
Syria .
He rose to prominence in mid-November 2014 when ISIL leader
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appointed him Emir and leader of the city of
Derna in
Libya , soon after the
partial takeover of the city by ISIL and declaration of the
Wilayah Barqah (Province of Eastern Libya).
[2] He also became the city's top religious judge.
[3]
ISIL regularly appoints foreigners to key government positions.
[4]
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Khorasan Province (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Libyan Provinces (Libya)
Caucasus Province (North Caucasus, Russia)
Sinai Province (Sinai, Egypt)
Algeria Province (Algeria)
Yemen Province (Yemen)
Abnaa ul-Calipha (Somalia and Somaliland)
Bengal Province (Bangladesh)
Boko Haram (Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Mali) (2015–2016)
West Africa Province (Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger)
Central Africa Province (DR Congo, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania)
Greater Sahara Province (Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso)
Khalid ibn al-Walid Army (Syria) (2016–2018)
Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade (Gaza)
Abu Sayyaf (Philippines) (1991–2024)
Ansar Khalifa (Philippines) (2014–2021)
Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil (Brazil) (2016–2018)
East Indonesia Mujahideen (Indonesia) (2014–2022)
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