What is Abu Ali al-Anbari?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Abu Ali al-Anbari | native_name = {{lang|ar|أبو علي الأنباري}} | birth_date = 1957 or 1959<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/abd_al_qaduli.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518171235/https://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/abd_al_qaduli.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-18|title=Rewards for Justice - Wanted|date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> | death_date = 18 March 2016 | birth_place = [[Nineveh Governorate]], [[Iraq]] | death_place = [[Deir ez-Zor Governorate]], [[Syria]] | allegiance = {{flag|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} }} '''Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli''', better known as '''Abu Ali al-Anbari''', ({{lang-ar|أبو علي الأنباري}}; born 1957/1959 - died 12 December 2015) was an [[Iraq]]i militant jihadist of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]. He was the [[nom de guerre]] for the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) governor for territories held by the organization in both [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. He was thought to be the second-in-command (along with his counterpart [[Abu Muslim al-Turkmani]] (KIA) who held a similar position in Iraq). He was born to an ethnic Iraqi [[Turkmen people|Turkmen]] family in the [[Nineveh Governorate]] of northern [[Iraq]]. == Career == He plays a political role of overseeing the local councils and acts as a kind of political [[envoy]]. His military role includes directing [[ISIL]] operations against both other Syrian rebels who oppose President [[Bashar al-Assad]]'s government and also against the Syrian government itself.<ref name=wsj>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-to-the-success-of-islamic-state-1409709762|title=Brutal Efficiency: The Secret to Islamic State's Success|date=3 September 2014|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> In November 2015, the New York Times reported that al-Anbari had recently arrived in [[Libya]] by boat, where the group has established a [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya|powerful branch