About Abu Ayman al-Iraqi
Name: Abu Ayman Al-Iraqi, nicknamed Abu Muhannad al-Suweidawi.
Occupation: Previously worked as a colonel in Iraq’s air defense intelligence under Saddam Hussein |
In 2007 he was detained for three years by U.S forces in Iraq, presumably at Camp Bucca. Following his release in 2010, he re-located to Syria where, following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, he coordinated ISIS fighters in the cities of Idlib and Aleppo as well as the mountains of Lattakia, as a senior ISIS commander. The Syrian Armed Opposition accused al-Iraqi of being responsible for the assassinations of FSAand Opposition figures in Latakia. Following the outbreak of fighting with other Syrian rebel groups in early 2014, al-Iraqi and his men redeployed to ISIS strongholds in Eastern Syria.
Despite his senior position within the ISIS hierarchy, very little is known about al-Iraqi, with him being referred to as a "shadowy persona". |
News about him
Syrian opposition fighters demand isis leave latakiaSources close to the Syrian opposition in the Latakia region told Asharq Al-Awsat that Free Syrian Army (FSA) and independent Islamist fighters have joined forces against the ISIS more...
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