Malaysian teacher Mahmud Ahmad seen as new ’emir’ of pro-ISIS militants in South-east Asia

October 16, 2017 7:11 PM

KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – The battlefield deaths of two leaders of an ISIS alliance in the southern Philippines could thrust a Malaysian who trained at an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan as the militant group’s new regional “emir”, experts and officials say.

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Malaysian teacher Mahmud Ahmad seen as new ’emir’ of pro-ISIS militants in South-east Asia

October 16, 2017 7:11 PM

KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – The battlefield deaths of two leaders of an ISIS alliance in the southern Philippines could thrust a Malaysian who trained at an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan as the militant group’s new regional “emir”, experts and officials say.

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