Trump Claims U.S Has Killed New ISIS Leader

President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday that the U.S. military had killed the most likely successor of  Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the leader of Islamic State.

‘Just confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s number one replacement has been terminated by American troops,’ Trump said. 

According to Trump, ‘Most likely would have taken the top spot – Now he is also Dead!’

The U.S president did not specify who he was referring to, but the U.S on Monday confirmed the killing of Abdullah Qardash also called Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, who was ISIS’s spokesman and a high-ranking figure within the jihadi group.  Details of how he was killed were not provided.

Recall that on Sunday Trump announced in a national address from the White House the killing of Baghdadi by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria. 

In the aftermath of Baghdadi’s death, ISIS was believed to have named a new leader – Abdullah Qardash, also known as Hajji Abdullah al-Afari.

Qardash, who was nicknamed “the Professor” or “the Destroyer” because of his reputation as a brutal legislator, was said to have been nominated by Baghdadi to take over if he died.