Islamic State’s (ISIS) chief song- writer, known for penning jihadi hymns that are regularly played as background music in the terror group’s videos, has been killed in airstrikes in Syria, according to a media report.
Maher Meshaal, also known as Abu Hajar al-Hadrami, a Saudi National, was killed Saturday in airstrikes south of the city of Al Hasaka in eastern Syria, CBS NEWS reported citing supporters of ISIS.
Meshaal is the author of jihadi hymns such as “Saleel al-Sawarem” and “Halomoo Halomoo O’ lions of war,” which are regularly played as background music in combat and execution videos released by ISIS. Songs such as “Saleel al-Sawarem” celebrate “martyrdom” of ISIS jihadists.
After spending five years working as an Islamic chant singer and later a mosque imam in Riyadh, Meshaal joined the Islamic State in April 2013, according to an earlier report in the Saudi Gazette.