Following airstrikes and operations that have successfully killed several of the mid and high level leadership of daesh the new replacement appointments have been made quietly. Information gleaned from intelligence has revealed the names of the new leaders and this list is correct as of early February. Non-Iraqis are identified and the list is not exhaustive.

Ibrahim Awad al-Badri AKA Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – Caliph Mustafa Abdul Rahman al-Khatuni AKA Haji Iman and Abu Alaa – Deputy Caliph and head of the Military Council Taha Sobhi Falaha AKA Abu Muhammad al-Adnani – Spokesman [Syrian] Dr. Wael al-Rawi – Head of Media Turki bin Mubarak bin Abdullah al-Binali AKA Abu Sufyan al-Silmi and Abu Dhurgham – Chief Shari’i (cleric) [Bahraini] Muhammad Yusuf AKA Abu Bakr al-Khatuni – Head of Shura Council for Iraq emirate Bakr Hadi AKA Dr. Salah Abu Jafar – Wali of Baghdad Ayad Bashar al-Mohamadi AKA Abu Anas – Wali of Forat region Mahmud al-Dulaimi AKA Abu Mansur and Abu Muawiya – Wali of Diyala region Fadhil al-Ithawi AKA Haji Arif – Wali of Southern region Yunus Salim Hussain al-Jibouri AKA Abu Hamza – Wali of Nineveh region Saad al-Obaidi AKA Abu Abdul Salam – Wali of Anbar region Ayub Sheehan al-Samri – Wali of border region Haji Kamil al-Isoodi – Wali of Salahudin region Hamid Shakir Mahmud al-Badri – Head of Security for Syrian emirate Bandar al-Shaalan – Head of Media in Syria [Saudi] Amer al-Rafdan – Wali of Deir Ezzour [Syrian] Saddam al-Jamal – Wali of Albu Kamal [Syrian] Tarkhan Batirashvili AKA Abu Omar al-Shishani – Head of the Mujahideen Army [Georgian] Walid al-Jilani – Head of Al-Battar Brigade in Libya [Libyan] Abu Anas al-Shaalan – Member of the Military Council Khalid Wajdi al-Inazi AKA Khalid al-Rusi – Member of the Military Council Amr al-Absi AKA Abu al-Athir – Wali of Aleppo [Saudi born Jordanian] Bakr bin Abdul Aziz AKA Abu Humam al-Athri – Member of the Media Board [Bahraini] Ali Musa al-Shawwakh AKA Abu Luqman – Wali of Raqqa [Syrian] Khalaf al-Dhiyab al-Halus AKA Abu Musaab – Member of the Military Council [Syrian] Tariq al-Jibouri AKA Abu Jalal – Member of the Military Council Abu Omar Qirdash AKA Abu Jasim al-Iraqi – Head of suicide bombers force Abu Omar al-Jibouri – Head of car bombing unit

Several names in the list are rumoured to have been killed in the past few weeks without a confirmation or denial by daesh so remain on the list for now. The Iraqi members of the list make up the majority and every single one of them was either in Saddam’s armed forces or security services.