List of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members

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




 * Current known personnel (most use assumed names)
 * Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader since 2010)


 * Abu Ali al-Anbari (Deputy Leader in Syria)
 * Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (Official spokesperson)
 * Abu Ayman al-Iraqi (Head of Military Shura)
 * Abu Omar al-Shishani (ISIL field commander in Syria)
 * Abu Waheeb (ISIL commander in Al Anbar, Iraq)
 * Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi (Governor of 'South and Central Euphrates' region)
 * Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary (British militant formerly suspected to be "Jihadi John")
 * The Beatles (terrorist cell)
 * Abu Yusaf (ISIL senior security official)
 * Bilal Bosnić (Bosnian-recruiter in Europe) (not proven guilty yet)
 * Abu Talha al-Almani (Denis Cuspert) (German-recruiter)
 * Tariq Bin Al Tahar Bin Al Falih Al 'Awni Al Harzi (Emir of suicide bombers, fundraiser)
 * Abu Ali al-Shishani aka Anas Sharkas aka Anas Jarkas (ISIL, formerly with al-Nusra commander, wife detained in Lebanon)
 * Abu Ahmed (senior official interviewed by the Guardian)


 * Foreign ISIL branches
 * Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi (Governor in ISIL "Province" of Eastern Libya)
 * Shadi el-Manaei (ISIL Chief in Sinai)
 * Hafiz Saeed Khan (Emir of Khorasan)
 * Mullah Abdul Rauf (Deputy Emir of Khorasan)
 * Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost (Chief of Khorasan -Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Central Asia - operations)


 * Former leaders
 * Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Founder - killed in 2006)
 * Abu Ayyub al-Masri (killed in 2010)
 * Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi (killed in 2010)


 * Other former personnel
 * Abu Anas al-Shami (killed in 2004)
 * Abu Azzam (killed in 2005)
 * Abu Omar al-Kurdi (captured in 2005)
 * Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi (captured in 2006)
 * Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman (killed in 2006)
 * Hamid Juma Faris Jouri al-Saeedi (captured in 2006)
 * Abu Yaqub al-Masri (killed in 2007)
 * Haitham al-Badri (killed in 2007)
 * Khaled al-Mashhadani (captured in 2007)
 * Mahir al-Zubaydi (killed in 2008)
 * Mohamed Moumou (killed in 2008)
 * Huthaifa al-Batawi (killed in 2011)
 * Abu Suleiman al-Naser (Minister of War for Islamic State of Iraq, perhaps for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well. Possibly killed in 2011, status unknown)
 * Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi (killed in 2014)
 * Haji Bakr (killed in 2014)
 * Douglas McCain (killed in 2014)
 * Haji Mutazz (Deputy in Iraq, killed in 2014)
 * Abd al Basit (Military emir in Iraq, killed in 2014)
 * Abu Muslim al-Turkmani (Deputy Leader in Iraq, killed in 2014)
 * Radwan Talib (Mosul governor, killed in 2014)
 * Hassan Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri (replacement Mosul governor, killed in 2014)
 * Abu Ahmad al-Alwani (Member of military council, killed late 2014)