Syria. Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, who rose to the top of the Caliphate after al-Baghdadi was wounded in April 2015, was killed in a bombing. Al-Baghdadi’s deputy, also known as Hajji Imam, was of Iraqi birth and is believed to be between 57 and 59 years old. “Leaders can be replaced. But these men have been around for a long time. They are old, they have experience,” said Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who described Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli as ISIS’s treasurer.
