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Abu Osama al-Masri

Abu Osama al-Masri (1973-15 November 2018) was the leader of the Wilayat Sayna province of the Islamic State.

Biography[]

Abu Osama was born in 1973, and he studied at al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt before becoming a clothing importer. al-Masri was once loyal to Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, but he later became the leader of the Wilayat Sayna province of the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula, becoming a radical Sunni cleric. His death was announced on 15 November 2018.

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