Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi | |
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Birth name | Adnan Latif Hamid al-Suwaydawi al-Dulaymi |
Born | 1965 Al-Khalidiya, Iraq |
Died | 8 November 2014 Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq | (aged 48–49)
Allegiance | Baathist Iraq (1986–2003) Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (2003–2004)
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Service | Iraqi Army (1986–2003) Military of ISIL (8 April 2013 – 8 November 2014) |
Rank | Colonel (until 2003) ISIL Wali (Governor) of Anbar (January 2014 – 8 November 2014) ISIL Military Chief (4 June 2014 – 8 November 2014)[1][2] |
Battles / wars | 2003 Iraq War Iraqi insurgency Syrian Civil War |
Adnan Latif Hamid al-Suwaydawi al-Dulaymi (Arabic: عدنان لطيف حامد السويداوي الدليمي, ‘Adnān Laṭīf Ḥāmid as-Suwaydāwī al-Dulaymī) (1965 – 8 November 2014), also known by his noms de guerre Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi, Abu Abdul Salem,[3] and Haji Dawūd was a top commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the former head of its Military Council.[4]