Abu Khattab al-Tunisi

Abu Khattab al-Tunisi (died 10 June 2017)^[2] was a Tunisian jihadist and military leader of the Islamic State,^[1] who had risen to the group's third-highest ranking commander by 2017.^[3] In that year, he was put in charge of the military operations in eastern Raqqa, IS's proclaimed capital, which was attacked by the Syrian Democratic Forces on 6 June 2017. Just four days after the battle's beginning, Abu Khattab was killed at the frontlines in the Roman suburb, alongside 12 other IS militants, during a shootout with SDF fighters.^[4] His death was considered to be "a new blow to the ISIS terror group".^[1]

Abu Khattab al-Tunisi
Native name	أبو خطاب التونسي
Born	Tunisia[1]
Died	10 June 2017[2] Raqqa, Syria
Allegiance	Islamic State
Branch	Military of the Islamic State
Years of service	?–2017
Rank	Third-highest ranking IS commander[3]
Battles / wars	Syrian Civil War Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) Battle of Raqqa (2017) †