| Abu Ahmad al-Alwani | |
| Birth Name: | Waleed Jassem al-Alwani |
| Birth Date: | 1972 |
| Death Date: | 27 December |
| Birth Place: | Ramadi, Iraq[1] |
| Death Place: | Ramadi, Iraq |
| Allegiance: | Baathist Iraq Al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq |
| Branch: | Iraqi Army (until 2003) IS military |
| Rank: | Commander |
| Battles: | Iraq War Syrian Civil War |
Waleed Jassem al-Alwani (1972 – 27 December 2015), also known by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmad al-Alwani, was a senior commander in the Islamic State (IS) and a prominent member of its military council.[2] [3] He was a former member of the Iraqi Army under Saddam Hussein.
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 IS.[4] [5]
On 27 December 2015, after clearing IS 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 A well-placed observer, claimed in early 2016 that al-Alwani was indeed dead, and had been replaced by Abu Umar al-Hadithi, about whom nothing is known.[6]