Leaders of Islamic State have a short life-expectancy
The organisation is diminished but not defeated
Two things can be said with some confidence about the next leader of Islamic State (IS), the jihadist terror group that once controlled swathes of Iraq and Syria. He is likely to be called al-Qurayshi—and is unlikely to live to a great age. On April 30th Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced that in an operation the day before, run by his country’s intelligence agency, the latest leader of is, Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, had been “neutralised”.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “A name to die for”
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