Abu Ali al-Anbari
Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli (Arabic: عَبْدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُصْطَفَى ٱلْقَادُولِيِّ, romanized: ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān Musṭafā al-Qādūlī; 1957 or 1959 – March 2016), better known as Abu Ali al-Anbari (Arabic: أَبُو عَليِّ ٱلْأَنْبَارِيِّ, romanized: ʾAbū ʿAlī al-ʾAnbārī), was the governor for territories held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria. Considered the ISIL second-in-command (along with Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, his counterpart in Iraq), he was viewed as a potential successor of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Abu Ali al-Anbari | |
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Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli | |
| Birth name | Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli |
| Born | 1957 or 1959 Al-Hadar, Nineveh, Iraq |
| Died | March 2016 Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria |
| Allegiance | Baathist Iraq (1980–1988) Ansar al-Islam (2000–2003) Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (2003–2004) Al-Qaeda (2004–2013)
(April 2013 – March 2016) |
| Years of service | 2000–2016 |
| Rank | Private in the Iraqi army Deputy leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria |
| Battles/wars | War on Terror Iraq Syria
Military intervention against ISIL
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On 14 May 2014, he was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the U.S Treasury Department, and on 5 May 2015, the U.S. Department of State announced a reward of up to US$7 million for information leading to his capture or death.
On 25 March 2016, the U.S. Department of Defense announced al-Qaduli’s death as a result of a US Special Operations helicopter gunship raid conducted earlier that week along the Iraq-Syria border.