PARIS: With monikers as divergent as the “Professor” and the “Destroyer,” the Islamic State (IS) group’s new head has a reputation for brutality, but otherwise remains largely an enigma.

Amir Mohammed Said Abd al-Rahman al-Mawla replaced Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after his death in a raid by United States special forces last October.

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