Shaykh Abu Anas Al-shami | |
|---|---|
أبو أنس الشامي | |
| Born | Kuwait |
| Died | 16 September 2004 Abu Ghraib, Iraq |
| Cause of death | Air strike |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Madinah |
| Organization | Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad |
Abu Anas al-Shami (Arabic: أبو أنس الشامي; died 16 September 2004) was a senior leader in the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad militant group during the Iraq War. He was a Palestinian from Tulkarm city in the West Bank,[1][2] born in Kuwait in 1969.
According to the late ISIS cleric Turki al-Binali, he mentored Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the late spokesperson of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[3]