Abu Ahmad al-Alwani

Waleed jassem al-Alwani
Birth nameWaleed Jassem al-Alwani
Born1972
Ramadi, Iraq[1]
Died27 December 2015 (aged 42–43)
Ramadi, Iraq
Allegiance Baathist Iraq (until 2003)

Al-Qaeda (2006–2013)

Islamic State (2013–2015)
Service/branchIraqi Army (until 2003)
ISIS military (2013–2015)
RankCommander
Battles/warsIraq War
Syrian Civil War

History

Waleed Jassem al-Alwani—known by his alias Abu Ahmad al-Alwani—is a senior member of ISIS.* In November 2014, Alwani was reported to be the head of ISIS’s military council.* He previously served as the council’s chief of staff, and before that, is reported to have overseen ISIS’s activities in Iraq’s Diyala province.* During Saddam Hussein’s reign in Iraq, Alwani was reportedly a member of the Iraqi army.

Bio

Waleed Jassem al-Alwani, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmad al-Alwani, is a senior commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and a prominent member of its military council.[2][3] He was a former member of the Iraqi Army under Saddam Hussein.[2]

Reports circulated in February 2015 in British tabloids that Al-Alwani was killed in an air strike. However, his death was never confirmed by the U.S. or the Islamic State and later reports named Alwani as a "very senior officer" in ISIS.[4][5]

On 27 December 2015, after clearing ISIS from large parts of the city, the Iraqi Interior Ministry claimed that it had killed al-Alwani. A well-placed observer, claimed in early 2016 that al-Alwani was indeed dead, and had been replaced by Abu Umar al Hadithi, about whom nothing is known.[6]

References
  1. "Top ISIS commanders killed in Ramadi: who were they?". 29 December 2015.
  2. "Exclusive: Top ISIS leaders revealed". Al Arabiya. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. "The Islamic State" (PDF). Soufan Group. November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. "Most of Islamic State's leaders were officers in Saddam Hussein's Iraq". Washington Post.
  5. "The six individuals who have been at the helm of the terror group are from Iraq, the Iraqi interior ministry told Al Arabiya News Channel. (Al Arabiya) Exclusive: Top ISIS leaders revealed". 13 February 2014.
  6. Orton, Kyle. "Profles of Islamic State Leaders" (PDF).
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