Abu Muhammad al-Adnani
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Photo featured in ISIL propaganda, also used by U.S. State Department, January 2012.
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| Native name | أبو محمد العدناني |
| Born |
Taha Subhi Falaha 1977 Binnish, Idlib Governorate, Syria |
| Died | 30 August 2016 (aged 38–39) Aleppo Governorate |
| Cause of death | U.S. (or Russian) airstrike |
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Occupation | Official spokesman of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Successor | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi |
| Criminal charge | Designated a terrorist by the United Nations Security Council and the US State Department |
Taha Subhi Falaha (Arabic: طه صبحي فلاحة; 1977 – 30 August 2016), known as Abu Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami (Arabic: أبو محمد العدناني), was the official spokesperson and a senior leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also called the Islamic State or ISIS). He was described as the chief of its external operations. He was the second most senior leader of the Islamic State after its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Media reports in August 2016 suggested he was in charge of a special unit, known as the Emni, that was established by ISIL in 2014 with the double objective of internal policing and executing operations outside the ISIL territory.
On 5 May 2015, the U.S. State Department Rewards for Justice Program announced a reward up to US$25 million for information leading to his capture.
On 30 August 2016, the Islamic State announced al-Adnani has been killed in Aleppo Province. Numerous fighting forces claimed responsibility for al-Adnani's death. On 12 September 2016, the U.S. Department of Defense officially confirmed that a U.S airstrike had killed al-Adnani.
Al-Adnani was born in 1977 in the town of Binnish in the countryside of Idlib Governorate, western Syria.
According to a biography penned by Turki al-Binali, Adnani became involved in Islamic militancy in the year 2000. His primary teacher was Abu Anas al-Shami, a senior leader in Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad. He swore allegiance to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi along with thirty-five others while in Syria, with a plan to fight the government of Bashar al-Assad. However, the Americans invaded Iraq, and Adnani became one of the first foreign fighters to oppose Coalition forces in Iraq.
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