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Fadel Ahmed Abdullah al-Hiyali (died 18 August 2015), better known by his noms de guerre Abu Muslim al-Turkmani (Arabic: أبو مسلم التركماني), Haji Mutazz, or Abu Mutaz al-Qurashi, was the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) governor for territories held by the organization in Iraq.
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani—born as Fadel Ahmad Abdullah al-Hiyali—was ISIS ’s Deputy of ISIS-controlled territory in Iraq. * According to the U.S. government, Turkmani was also a member of ISIS’s Shura Council, and oversaw the movement of weapons and people between Iraq and Syria.
- Baathists in North Iraq
- Baathists in The South
- Defections from Is
In northern Iraq, it seems they are not in such a good place. Mosul locals say initial hypeabout the return of the Baath party, and the Naqshbandi Army, has since proven bogus. The party has a presence in Mosul, the Iraqi capital of IS operations, but it is relatively ineffective. It is the IS fighters who are in control. They support, and are supp...
Elsewhere in the country, there are more complex alliances. Moving further south toward Baghdad and into Anbar province, there are, broadly speaking, three types of Baath party members present. Two of these groups do not have much to do with IS’s murderous ways, but may still sympathise with sectarian Baathist policies, including the belief in Sunn...
But it is important to remember that not all Baath party members – just as not all of Iraq's Sunni Muslims– are enthusiastic about IS. In Anbar province in particular, it is a complex situation involving multiple tribal groups and shifting loyalties, which only seems to be becoming more complicated. For example, recently there have been rumours abo...
Nov 30, 2018 · Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, once a colonel in Hussein’s army and the eventual No. 3 in the Islamic State of Iraq’s hierarchy, trained an anti-Saddam jihadist group that was then put under Anbari ...
Oct 27, 2019 · BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Iraqi jihadist who rose from obscurity to declare himself "caliph" of all Muslims as the leader of Islamic State, has died in a raid by U.S....
Aug 21, 2015 · The Islamic State’s second-in-command, Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Haji Mutazz and Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, was killed by a U.S. airstrike on August 18, the White House said Friday...
Similarly, two deputies to the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliph, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, are former Baathists: Abu Muslim al Afari al Turkmani is believed to have been a senior...
