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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in 2019, so nobody is in his inner circle any more. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(July 2021)
Ni'ma Abd Nayef al-Jabouri (
Arabic: نعمة عبد نايف الجبوري), known by his
nom de guerreAbu Fatima al-Jaheishi (
Arabic: أبو فاطمة الجحيشي) or Abu Fatima al-Jiburi, was initially in charge of the
ISIS operations in southern Iraq before he moved to the northern city of
Kirkuk.[1] He then became Governor of the South and Central Euphrates region in the
Islamic State and a senior member in the IS hierarchy.[2][3]
The available information indicates that as of 2016, Abu Fatima was alive and part of the inner circle of
Islamic State leader then-leader
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was serving as his deputy in the position of the overall leader for Iraq.[4] He succeeded
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani,[5] who was killed by a US drone strike near Mosul on 18 August 2015.[6][7]