Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari

Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari (died 1 September 2026) was the spokesman of the Islamic State (IS) from 2023 until his death in 2026.

Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari was announced as the spokesman in a speech released by Al-Furqan Foundation media in August 2023. He replaced Abu Omar al-Muhajir as the spokesman of the Islamic State, who was arrested by Tahrir al-Sham. He was killed in a joint operation by the Yemeni Armed Forces and the Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen in late August or early September 2026.

Islamic State spokesman In August 2023, Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari announced the killing of the fourth Islamic State Caliph, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, announcing Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi as his successor, and threatened to increase attacks after U.S. withdrawal. Nothing was known yet about the identity of Abu Hudhayfah. In August 2023, Mina Al-Lami, a Jihadist specialist for BBC Monitoring, speculated on Twitter that Abu Hudhayfah is possibly an Iraqi. In January 2024, Abu Hudayfah released an audio discussing the Gaza war.

In February 2026, Abu Hudayfah urged IS militants in Syria to fight the new Syrian government.

Death On 1 September 2026, the internationally recognised government of Yemen announced that Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari had been killed earlier that day in a joint operation carried out by the 22nd Brigade of Yemen's counterterrorism forces and the Saudi-led coalition.