Tariq al-Harzi
Tariq al-Harzi | |
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Born | 1981 or 1982 |
Died | 16 June 2015 (aged 33–34) |
Cause of death | Death by airstrike |
Other names | Abu Umar al-Tunisi |
Tariq bin al-Tahar bin al-Falih al-'Awni al-Harzi (1981 or 1982 – 16 June 2015), also known as Abu Umar al-Tunisi, was a
History
He was born either in 1981 or 1982, in Tunis, Tunisia.[2]
According to the US government, he was one of first militants to join the
In October 2007, IS personnel records were captured by coalition forces in a raid near Sinjar. These records contain a mention of Abu Umar al-Tunisi. A note mentions that he was a soldier, had received medical treatment for an unspecified injury and was returning to his station in Abu Ghraib, Iraq.[3]
Syria
2013
Since 2013, he was recruiting and facilitating the travel of fighters for IS. He was named IS's emir for the Syria–Turkey border and he received new foreign fighter recruits and provided them light weapons training before sending them to Syria. He arranged the movement of Europeans to Turkey and on to Syria. He and other IS border officials assisted foreign fighters from the United Kingdom, Albania and Denmark.[citation needed]
In the middle of 2013, he worked with
He also worked to help raise funds from Gulf-based donors for IS. In September 2013, he arranged for IS to receive approximately $2 million from a Qatar-based IS financier, who required that the funds were used for military operations only. The Qatar financier also requested Abu Umar's help with funding efforts in Qatar.[citation needed]
In late 2013, he was IS's amir of suicide bombers and a central part of the network that controlled suicide and vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attacks in Iraq. As part of this role, he moved IS members from Syria into Iraq. In October 2013, he requested suicide bombers for operations in Iraq from a Syria-based associate. He also worked with his brother to procure and ship weapons from Libya to Syria for IS.[4]
2014
In early 2014, he was involved in recruiting North Africans to IS.[citation needed]
US and UN sanctions
On September 24 2014, he was designated by the
Death
Tariq al-Harzi was killed in a US drone strike at Shaddadi in north-eastern Syria on 16 June 2015.[6][7] His brother Ali Awni al-Harzi was killed the previous day in a US airstrike on Mosul, Iraq.[7][8]
An article in the
Family
His younger brother
References
- ^ Hirschfeld Davis, Julie (24 September 2014). "Treasury imposes terrorism sanctions". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Counter Terrorism Designations". Treasury.gov. 24 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Treasury Designates Twelve Foreign Terrorist Fighter Facilitators". Treasury.gov. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Rewards for Justice - Reward offers for information on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists". U.S. Department of State. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ Ryan, Missy (2 July 2015). "U.S. drone strike kills a senior Islamic State militant in Syria". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b Martinez, Luis (2 July 2015). "Top ISIS leader killed by US drone strike in Syria". ABC News. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "US airstrike kills IS operative in Iraq: official". Yahoo! News. AFP. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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