Abu Jandal al-Masri

Abu Jandal al-Masri is an Egyptian who served as a senior official in Daesh.[1] It was reported on January 23, 2017, that he was appointed to replace Abu Ahmed al-Souri as the group's Chief of Information.

Abu Jandal al-Masri
Nickname(s)Abu Janad al-Masri
Allegiance Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles/warsSyrian Civil War

According to the American Enterprise Institute he was a competent military commander, prior to serving as Chief of Information.[2]

The Middle East Forum described him as a leader in the capture of the Mannagh Airbase.[3] They quoted a speech he gave, where he allegedly swore that Mujahideen fighters would "not leave a single Alawite alive in Syria."

References
  1. Paul Antonopoulos (2017-01-23). "ISIS replaces Syrian leadership with foreigners in Raqqa". Al Masdar News. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16. An Egyptian, known as Abu Jandal al-Masri, is now the Chief of Information in Raqqa, who has replaced the Syrian jihadist Abu Ahmed al-Souri at the supposed request of the ISIS supreme leader al-Baghdadi.
  2. Kenneth Pollack (2019-03-27). "Why was ISIS successful?". American Enterprise Institute. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16. As a result, some made for competent military commanders, such as Abu Jandal al-Masri (Egyptian) and Abu Huzayfa al-Yamani (Yemeni). Others may not have demonstrated the same military competence, but brought tremendous zeal with them instead.
  3. "Muhajireen Battalions in Syria". Middle East Forum. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16. In this video, the Liwa al-Fatah speaker identifies one Abu Jandal al-Masri (an Egyptian fighter) as a member of JMWA, equated with ISIS. Abu Jandal was the leading JMWA/ISIS operative behind the capture of Mannagh airbase.
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