Abu Yusuf Al-Turki
Abu Yusuf Al-Turki | |
---|---|
Born | Ümit Yaşar Toprak c. 1970 Bursa, Turkey |
Died | 23 September 2014 (aged 44) [1] Idlib Governorate, Syria[2] |
Cause of death | Killed by bombardment |
Nationality | Turkish[3] |
Other names | "The Turk"[4] |
Military career | |
Allegiance | al-Qaeda in Iraq (formerly) Taliban al-Nusra Front Khorasan |
Battles/wars | Iraq War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Syrian Civil War Military intervention against ISIL |
Ümit Yaşar Toprak[3] (c. 1970 – 23 September 2014) also known by his nom de guerre Abu Yusuf Al-Turki (the "Turk") was a sniper in the al-Nusra Front[5] who trained fighters on how to become snipers.[4] He was also a member of the Wolf Unit, which was described as a unit of al-Nusra Front fighters (according to documents found by members of the Dubai-based Al Aan TV station).[6] The Wolf Unit is reportedly another name for the Khorasan Group,[7] though there are indications that the Khorasan Group may not exist as a separate entity from Jabhat al-Nusra.[8] Of Turkish descent,[9] Al-Turki lived in the Turkish province of Bursa, leaving behind five children so that he could fight for the al-Nusra Front.[3] On 23 September 2014, Al-Turki was killed during a series of a U.S.-led anti-Khorasan Group coalition airstrikes over Syria.[10]
References
- ^ "Khorasan leader's death suggested in militant tweets". AFP. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "French bomb-maker with Khorasan radicalized over 'several years'". CNN. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "US raids kill Al-Qaeda's Turkish sniper in Syria". Agence-France Presse. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ a b "US airstrikes target Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State in Syria". Long War Journal. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "British teenage jihadi believed to have been killed in Syria". The Guardian. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "حصري: وثائق تظهر أن مجموعة خراسان هي نفسها مجموعة الذئب التابعة للنصرة". Al Aan TV. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Is Khorasan's real name "the Wolf Unit of Jabhat al-Nusra"?". Vox Media. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ Paraszczuk, Joanna (2 October 2014). "Wolf or Khorasan: Who Was Jabhat al-Nusra's Abu Yusuf al-Turki?". Chechens in Syria. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "ABD saldırısında Nusra'nın Türk komutanı öldü". Dünya Bülteni (in Turkish). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
ABD'nin bu sabah Nusra ve IŞİD hedeflerine düzenlediği saldırıda, Nusra Cephesi'nin Türk asıllı komutanı Ebu Yusuf el Türki de hayatını kaybetti
- ^ Carter, Chelsea; Labott, Elise; Sciutto, Jim (23 September 2014). "'The Turk' is dead: Al Qaeda-linked terror group says leader died in Syria airstrikes". CNN. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- v
- t
- e
- Saif al-Adel
- Abd al-Rahman al-Maghribi
- Ahmad Umar
- Iyad Ag Ghaly
- Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil
- Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi
- Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri
- Ibrahim al-Banna
- Ibrahim al Qosi
- Abu Walid al-Masri
- Amin al-Haq
- Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli
- Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir
- Fuad Qalaf
- Jehad Mostafa
- Abu Humam al-Shami
- Sami al-Oraydi
leadership
of attacks
- 1998 United States embassy bombings
- 2000 USS Cole bombing
- 2001 September 11 attacks
- 2002 Bali bombings
- 2004 Madrid train bombings
- 2005 London bombings
- 2007 Algiers bombings
- 2008 Islamabad Danish embassy bombing
- 2008 Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
- 2013 In Amenas hostage crisis
- 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack
- 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting
- 2015 Garissa University College attack
- 2015 Bamako hotel attack
- 2016 Ouagadougou attacks
- 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings
- 2016 Bamako attack
- 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting
- Soviet–Afghan War
- Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
- Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
- First Chechen War
- Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
- Second Chechen War
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Iraq War
- Somali Civil War
- War in North-West Pakistan (drone strikes)
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
- Syrian civil war
- Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
- Al-Shabaab (Somalia)
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen)
- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (North Africa)
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad (Egypt)
- Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (Indian Subcontinent)
- Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (Mali)
- Hurras al-Din (Syria)