WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States has placed the new leader of the Islamic State (IS) group on its blacklist of terrorists, naming him as Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that al-Mawli was named leader of the ultra-violent group after an October raid by US commandos killed its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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