Denis Cuspert

Denis Mamadou Gerhard Cuspert (October 18, 1975 – October 16, 2015), also known by his stage name, Deso Dogg, was an Afro-German militant Islamist and former rapper.

He ended his rap career after converting to Islam and taking the name Abou Maleeq. He left Germany for Egypt and eventually Syria, where he fought with jihadist anti-government forces in the Syrian Civil War, under the nom de guerre of Abu Talha Al-Almani (meaning Abu Talha the German). He was wounded during the fighting in the northern-Syrian town of Azaz in an air-strike conducted by the Syrian Army. In 2014 he gave his oath of allegiance to Islamist-Jihadi group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The United States Department of State added Cuspert to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on 9 February 2015, and the United Nations Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee designated him on 11 February 2015. On 16 October 2015, Cuspert was reportedly killed by a US airstrike near Al-Raqqah, Syria.

Early life and music career

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