Abu Umar al-Almani

Not to be confused with "Asif N.", a German IS fighter and suicide bomber who also adopted the nom de guerre "Abu Umar al-Almani".[1]

Abu Umar al-Almani
Birth nameYamin Abou-Zand[2]
Born1986[3]
Stuttgart, Germany[3]
DiedMarch 25, 2017(2017-03-25) (aged 30–31)[4]
Near Tabqa Dam, Syria[4]
Allegiance Islamic State
Service / branchMilitary of the Islamic State
Years of service2015–2017
RankEmir in the Al-Thawrah District[4]
Battles / warsWar on Terror: War against the Islamic State

Syrian Civil War

Yamin Abou-Zand[2] (1986 – 25 March 2017), better known by his nom de guerre Abu Umar al-Almani (Arabic: أبو عمر الألماني; Abū ʿUmar al-Almānī), was a prominent German commander of the Islamic State. He gained notoriety by appearing in the first German IS propaganda video in 2015, and went on to fight for the militant organization until 2017, when he was killed in action against the Syrian Democratic Forces.

  1. ^ "Hamburger sprengt sich in Syrien für den IS in die Luft" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Ex-Terrorist packt aus – Das geheime IS-Terror-Netzwerk in Deutschland". Berliner Kurier (in German). Berliner Verlag GmbH. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Florian Flade (13 August 2015). "Behörden identifizieren deutschen IS-Mörder [Authorities identify German IS murderer]" (in German). Die Welt. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Abu Omar al-Almany was killed". Hawar News Agency. 26 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. ^ Rainer Burger (29 November 2015). "Islamismus in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Spur von "Millatu Ibrahim" [Islamism in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The track of Millatu Ibrahim]". Faz.net (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 26 March 2017.