Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari

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Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari (Arabic: أبو حذيفة الأنصاري, romanized: ʾAbū Ḥudhayfah al-Anṣārī) was nom de guerre of a man acting as the spokesman of the Islamic State (IS) from 2023 until his alleged death in 2026. Based in Yemen, he is reported by local sources to have been a Yemeni national from Radfan district, Lahij Governorate whose real name was Mithaq Thabit Haitham Al-Radfani. Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari was announced as the spokesman in a speech released by Al-Furqan Foundation media in August 2023. He replaced Abu Omar al-Muhajir as the spokesman of the Islamic State, who was arrested by Tahrir al-Sham. He was reportedly killed in a joint operation by the Yemeni Armed Forces and the Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen in early September 2026,

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