SBU Detains One of Key ISIS Leaders in Kyiv Region

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As a result of a joint special operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the US Central Intelligence Agency, one of the key leaders of the terrorist organization Islamic State was detained in Kyiv region.

The SBU press service reported this on its Facebook page.

He is currently under extradition arrest.

Who was detained?

Since 2012, a Georgian citizen known as “Al Bara Shishani” has served as emir of the Ahadun Ahat jamaat in Latakia Province of the Syrian Arab Republic.

In 2013, he took one of the highest positions in the Islamic State hierarchy — deputy military emir, known as “Abu Umar al-Shishani”. In 2016, after the military emir was killed, “Al Bara Shishani” left for Turkey, where he continued to coordinate the activities of the terrorist organization.

In summer 2018, the terrorist illegally entered Ukraine using a forged passport. Using the fake documents, he managed to legalize his status on Ukrainian territory.

The SBU says a portrait examination confirmed that the detainee is one of the leaders of Islamic State. His involvement in crimes committed on Ukrainian territory is being verified.

 In 2016, an article about the militant appeared in the Russian Novaya Gazeta. It noted that the terrorist was nicknamed “Abu Myaso” because in battles he sent his subordinates to certain death.