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'''Abu Yusuf Al-Turki''' (The "Turk") was reportedly the leader of the ]-affiliated ].<ref name="Turk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/meast/isis-airstrikes/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title='The Turk' is dead: Al Qaeda-linked terror group says leader died in Syria airstrikes|publisher=CNN News|work=CNN|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=23 September 2014|author=Chelsea J. Carter, Elise Labott, Jim Sciutto}}</ref> Of ] descent, he lived in ], ] leaving behind five children in Turkey to fight for the al-Nusra Front.<ref name=hurriyet /> He was killed during a series of U.S. and Anti-ISIS Coalition airstrikes over ].<ref name="Turk"/> The Guardian indicates that he was not the leader of the group, but was rather a renowned sniper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/british-teenage-jihadi-believed-killed-syria-ibrahim-kamara|title=British teenage jihadi believed to have been killed in Syria|work=The Guardian|date=24 September 2014|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> The Long War Journal indicates that he trained fighters on how to become snipers, but does not mention that he was the leader of the group.<ref name=lwj/> '''Ümit Yaşar Toprak'''<ref name=hurriyet/> also known by his nom de guerre '''Abu Yusuf Al-Turki''' (the "Turk") was a renowned sniper within the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/british-teenage-jihadi-believed-killed-syria-ibrahim-kamara|title=British teenage jihadi believed to have been killed in Syria|work=The Guardian|date=24 September 2014|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> Of ] descent, he lived in ], ] leaving behind five children in Turkey so that he could fight for the al-Nusra Front.<ref name=hurriyet /> He was killed during a series of U.S. and Anti-ISIS Coalition airstrikes over ].<ref name="Turk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/meast/isis-airstrikes/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title='The Turk' is dead: Al Qaeda-linked terror group says leader died in Syria airstrikes|publisher=CNN News|work=CNN|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=23 September 2014|author=Chelsea J. Carter, Elise Labott, Jim Sciutto}}</ref> The Long War Journal indicates that he trained fighters on how to become snipers.<ref name=lwj/>


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 07:04, 26 September 2014

Abu Yusuf Al-Turki
Borncirca 1976
Died24 September 2014
Syria
Cause of deathKilled by U.S forces.
Nationality Syria
Other names"The Turk"

Ümit Yaşar Toprak also known by his nom de guerre Abu Yusuf Al-Turki (the "Turk") was a renowned sniper within the Al-Nusra Front. Of Turkish descent, he lived in Bursa, Turkey leaving behind five children in Turkey so that he could fight for the al-Nusra Front. He was killed during a series of U.S. and Anti-ISIS Coalition airstrikes over Syria. The Long War Journal indicates that he trained fighters on how to become snipers.

References

  1. ^ "US airstrikes target Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State in Syria". Long War Journal. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ "US raids kill Al-Qaeda's Turkish sniper in Syria". Hurriyet.
  3. "British teenage jihadi believed to have been killed in Syria". The Guardian. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. Chelsea J. Carter, Elise Labott, Jim Sciutto (23 September 2014). "'The Turk' is dead: Al Qaeda-linked terror group says leader died in Syria airstrikes". CNN. CNN News. Retrieved 23 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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