
Abu Huzaifa al-Yemeni (died 10 November 2014) was a senior commander of the Islamic State.
Biography[]
Abu Huzaifa al-Yemeni was born in Yemen, and he later joined the Islamic State Salafist group. He fought in both the Anbar Province of Iraq and Raqqa Governorate in Syria, and he became a senior commander of IS during the Iraqi Civil War and the Syrian Civil War. On 10 November 2014, an airstrike by the United States killed al-Yemeni near the city of Fallujah, and his death was announced on Iraqi television.