Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists have acknowledged the death of Jihadi John for the first time, claiming that he "pretended to be unintelligent to trick MI5 officers". 
 
 Isil paid homage in a "eulogising profile" to the British jihadi, who became the organisation's face of terror , appearing in a series of videos showing him beheading British and American hostages. 
 
 The group's Dubiq online magazine confirmed Western intelligence reports that the terrorist was killed in an American drone strike in the Syrian city of Raqqa on November 12. 
 
 It refers to Jihadi John, whose real name is Mohammed Emwazi, by his nom de guerre, Abū Muhārib al-Muhājir. 
 
 The article describes an attempt by Emwazi to travel from Britain to Kuwait when he was stopped and questioned by security services. 
 
 "During the interrogation, Abū Muhārib would present himself as unintelligent, as was his method when dealing with intelligence agencies. The Prophet said, 'War is deception'," Dabiq claimed. 
 
 Emwazi would later claim to the London-based campaign group Cage that while trying to return to Kuwait from Britain, in July 2010, the British authorities blocked him from travelling and put him on a terror watch list. 
 
 He later made one final attempt to enter Kuwait in early 2013. After being barred from entry he disappeared. 
 
 British police told his family they believe it was at this stage that he travelled to Syria to join Isil. 
 
 The Dabiq article claims Emwazi was able to trick MI5: "Right under the nose of the much-overrated MI5 British intelligence agency, Abū Muhārib together with his companion in hijrah carefully and secretly made their departure, utilising every means available to them." 
 
 Dabiq claims that Emwazi and a companion made their way overland "trekking the mountain ranges of Europe and its marshy farmlands, sneaking across borders, and being detained by the authorities of various nations on at least two occasions" before joining up with the terrorist organisation in Syria. 
 
 The article contradicts Cage's assertion that Emwazi was radicalised as a result of his treatment by the British authorities. 
 
 It refers to Emwazi's childhood emigration with his family to London, describing it as a place he grew to hate along with its "kāfir (non-believing) people, whose customs were far-removed from the praiseworthy values he was much accustomed to". 
 
 It says he began to "embark on the path of hijrah and jihād" at around the time of the 7 July 2005 terrorist attacks on London's transport system, which it praises as 'blessed'". 
 
 The article lists Emwazi's participation in various Isil military conquests - including the takeover of Taftanāz airbase near Idlib and the 17th Division base near Raqqa - before appearing to obliquely heap praise on the acts which gained him worldwide infamy, the videoed beheadings of British, American and Japanese captives. 
 
 "His harshness towards the kāfir was manifested through deeds that enraged all the nations, religions, and factions of kāfir, the entire world bearing witness to this," the author writes. 
 
 The publication also claims that Emwazi was known for his "mercy, kindness, and generosity towards the believers, his protective jealousy for Islam and its people, and his affection towards the orphans". 
 
 "Of the deeds that attest to his kindness and generosity is that after receiving a sabiyyah (concubine) as a gift he did not hesitate to give her away – likewise as a gift – to an unmarried injured brother," it claimed. 
 
 Emwazi, dressed in black with a balaclava covering all but his eyes, came to the world's attention when he appeared in an Isil video brutally murdering the American journalist James Foley. 
 
 He later appeared in videos of the beheadings of US journalist Steven Sotloff, British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, and in November 2014, that of American aid worker Peter Kassig. 
 
 Western hostages who were released later told how Emwazi delighted in torturing them. 
 
 Sotloff's mother, Shirley Sotloff, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she had not heard about the Isil announcement but assumed Emwazi was dead. 
 
 "It's good," she said. "I'm glad that he's gone, but it doesn't bring back my son." 
 
 Jodi Perras, a spokeswoman for the Kassig family in Indianapolis, said they had no comment on the news about Jihadi John. 
 
 He was killed in an air strike in Raqqa on November 12, 2015. 
 
 Intelligence sources had been tracking Emwazi "for some time," Baghdad-based military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said at the time. 
 
 "This guy was a human animal, and killing him probably makes the world a little bit better place," he added. 
 
 Dabiq also claimed that two of the jihadists behind the Paris attacks on November 13 were Iraqi. 
 
 The last page of the issue, which was distributed via online jihadist forums, is a photo montage headlined "Just Terror". 
 
 It shows the photographs of nine men in fatigues, set in typically stylised fashion against a landscape picture of Paris in black and white. 
 
 Two of them are identified as Iraqi. 
 
 Among the men pictured is Abdelhamid Abaaoud, identified by his nom de guerre Abu Umar al-Baljiki, or Abu Umar the Belgian. Prosecutors have named him as an alleged planner of the November 13 attacks that killed 130 people and sent shockwaves across the world. 
 
 Abaaoud was killed in a shootout with French police days after the bloodiest attacks to hit Europe since the Madrid train bombings in 2004. 
 
 The two men identified in Dabiq as Iraqis are named only as Ukashah al-Iraqi and Ali al-Iraqi. 
 
 Their full names remain unknown and no other information has been revealed. ||||| Story highlights Jihadi John is also known as Mohammed Emwazi and Abu Muharib al-Muhajir 
 
 He was featured in a series of hostage beheading videos 
 
 The confirmation in Dabiq magazine was the first time ISIS addressed the militant's death 
 
 (CNN) ISIS has confirmed the death of "Jihadi John" -- aka Mohammed Emwazi, aka Abu Muharib al-Muhajir -- in the latest issue of its Dabiq magazine. 
 
 U.S. officials said in November that they were reasonably certain the English-speaking voice of the terror group had been killed in a targeted drone strike in Raqqa, Syria, ISIS' de facto capital. 
 
 The confirmation in Dabiq was the first time ISIS addressed the militant's death. The magazine told the story of his journey into ISIS in a two-page article and reported that he was killed instantly by the drone strike. 
 
 As the masked face of ISIS, Jihadi John was featured in a series of hostage videos, dressed head-to-toe in black -- his eyes and voice his lone revealing features -- and holding a knife. 
 
 Earlier this month, a British-sounding militant appeared in a chilling propaganda video from ISIS. The speaker's accent and dress brought to mind Jihadi John, and the latter's absence lent credence to Western intelligence agencies' belief that he was indeed dead. 
 
 Read More ||||| Image caption "Jihadi John" - whose real name was Mohammed Emwazi - regularly featured in IS propaganda 
 
 The Islamic State group's propaganda magazine has confirmed the British militant known as Jihadi John died in a drone strike in November. 
 
 The group published an obituary for the jihadist, whose real name was Mohammed Emwazi, in its online magazine Dabiq. 
 
 In November the US military said it was "reasonably certain" it had killed him in the IS-stronghold of Raqqa. 
 
 Emwazi appeared in beheading videos of victims including UK aid worker David Haines and taxi driver Alan Henning. 
 
 Who was Mohammed Emwazi? 
 
 In the eulogy, Kuwaiti-born Emwazi is referred to as Abu Muharib al-Muhajir, his nickname in the group and the details of his death confirm the US version of events. 
 
 The jihadist group said Emwazi was killed on 12 November "as the car he was in was targeted in a strike by an unmanned drone in the city of Raqqa, destroying the car and killing him instantly". 
 
 A smiling picture of the militant, who appears unmasked looking towards the ground, accompanies the text, which is written in tribute form to a man they describe as an "honourable brother". 
 
 Image caption Clockwise from top left: Abdul-Rahman Kassig, Steven Sotloff, James Foley, Kenji Goto, David Haines, Alan Henning 
 
 Emwazi first emerged in August 2014 when he appeared masked in a video in which US journalist James Foley was apparently murdered. 
 
 Dubbed Jihadi John by the media, in February 2015 he was identified as Emwazi, a computer programming graduate who grew up in London. 
 
 He also appeared in videos of the beheadings of US journalist Steven Sotloff, Mr Haines, Mr Henning, as well as American aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known as Peter, and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. 
 
 He became a top target for US and British intelligence agencies, even though he is thought to have played no military role within IS. 
 
 At the time of his reported death in November, Prime Minister David Cameron said targeting Emwazi had been "the right thing to do". 
 
 He said the UK had been working with its US allies "literally around the clock" to track Emwazi down. 
 
 Three drones - one British and two American - were involved in the strike. One of the American drones hit the car, and it is believed there was one other person in the vehicle. 
 
 Mohammed Emwazi 
 
 1988 : Born in Kuwait, moves to UK in 1994 aged six 
 
 : Born in Kuwait, moves to UK in 1994 aged six Educated at the Quintin Kynaston Community Academy in St John's Wood, north London 
 
 Fluent in Arabic and English and a British citizen 
 
 2009 : Completes computing degree at University of Westminster, travels to Tanzania, Amsterdam and Kuwait 
 
 : Completes computing degree at University of Westminster, travels to Tanzania, Amsterdam and Kuwait 2013: Tries to travel to Kuwait but is stopped. Disappears. Parents report him missing. Police tell family four months later he has entered Syria 
 
 Source: Cage, London-based campaign group 
 
 Civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, and now President Bashar al-Assad's government, IS, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all hold territory. Millions have been displaced and more than 250,000 people killed as a result of the fighting. 
 
 More than 750 people from the UK are thought to have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq, and approximately half of those have returned, Home Secretary Theresa May said in November.
– The Islamic State has finally confirmed the death of the man known as Jihadi John, something tentatively announced by US officials following an airstrike back in November, CNN reports. The confirmation comes via an obituary published by ISIS' Dabiq magazine. The obituary provides details about Jihadi John—real name Mohammed Emwazi—as well as a photo of him without his trademark balaclava. Among the claims the article makes about Emwazi is that he "pretended to be unintelligent to trick MI5 officers," according to the Telegraph. The article states he pretended to be dumb when stopped by authorities while attempting to travel from Britain to Kuwait. Later it claims he was able to travel to Syria to join ISIS "right under the nose of the much-overrated MI5 British intelligence agency." Emwazi first came to international attention in August 2014 in an ISIS execution video, the BBC reports. He would go on to appear in multiple execution videos and was given the nickname Jihadi John. Emwazi moved to Britain at age 6, became a citizen, and would go on to get a degree in computer programming. According to the Telegraph, the Dabiq article appears to praise him for his part in the beheading videos. "His harshness towards the kafir (non-believers) was manifested through deeds that enraged all the nations, religions, and factions of kafir, the entire world bearing witness to this," the article states. It also praises him for his "mercy, kindness, and generosity towards the believers," exemplified by the time he gave a concubine to another man as a gift.