PETALING JAYA: A power vacuum exists among Malaysian Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria following the deaths of their senior leaders Akel Zainal and Mohd Rafi Udin.
Akel, whose real name is Wan Mohd Aquil Wan Zainal Abidin, was killed along with his wife and two children when an airstrike hit his home in Baghouz, Syria, in March.
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