Since al baghdadi the dog is dead can Ayman al Zawahiri, Jolani and Mazlum Kobani be the next ones.
I hope ocalan gets the death penalty or accidentally gets killed.
Jolani outmanuevred them all. Smart dude. first refused to bow down to Baghdadi, then used Al Kaida and zawahiri to survive and establishimself, then ditched Al Qaida. HTS probably had its hand in locating Baghdadi, reuters reported that HTS shared intel to Turkey, Turkey to US. They were hunting ISIS cells all year, those who they didnt kill in raids, they swiftly executed. Also, HaD, AQ official in Idlib accused HTS of providing intel for recent strike on their compound. I could imagine him denauncing current ideology and moving into traditional nationalistic conservative camp. If you folow their msging after ditching Al Kaida, it was adamently Syrian, no talk about global jihad etc. Also rumorous are that he was slowly geting rid of more radical elements inside his shura by assasinations. Only thing keeping HTS of wiping out HaD, Al Kaida guys, is always impeding regime offensive on Idlib. There is no love there. At least thats my oppinion. worth mentioning that Jolani gave a statment in support of turkihs peace spring operation.
Exclusive: Baghdadi's aide was key to his capture - Iraqi intelligence sources
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi-capture-exclu-idUSKBN1X60SR
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group formerly known as the Nusra Front and which dominates Idlib, had been mounting its own search for Baghdadi after receiving information he was in the area, according to a commander in an Idlib jihadist group.
The Nusra Front and Islamic State were rivals who fought bloody battles against each other in the Syrian war.
The Nusra Front, founded by Abu Mohamad al-Golani, was al Qaeda’s official affiliate in Syria until it broke away from the global jihadist network in 2016.
According to the Idlib commander, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham recently captured another aide to Baghdadi known as Abu Suleiman al-Khalidi, one of three men seen sitting alongside Baghdadi in his last video message.
The capture of Khalidi was “the key” in the search for Baghdadi, the commander said.
His comments raised the possibility that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which locals say is believed to have contacts with Turkish forces in northwest Syria, may have passed on what it learned to other intelligence agencies.
