Abu Tahsin al-Salihi

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Abu Tahsin al-Salihi Sniper
Native name	أبو تحسين الصالحي
Birth name	Ali Jiyad Obaid al-Salihi
Nickname(s)	Sheikh of Snipers, Hawk Eye
Born	1 July 1953 Basra, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	29 September 2017 (age 64) Hawija, Iraq
Allegiance	Iraq
Service/branch	Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of service	1973–2017
Unit	Popular Mobilization Forces (2014–17)
Battles/wars	Yom Kippur War Second Iraqi–Kurdish War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Kuwait Gulf War 2003 invasion of Iraq War in Iraq (2013–17) Battle of Hawija †

Abu Tahsin al-Salihi (Arabic: أبو تحسين الصالحي; 1 July 1953 – 29 September 2017) was an Iraqi veteran sniper. A volunteer in the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, he is credited with killing over 384 ISIS members during the War in Iraq (2013–2017), receiving the nicknames "The Sheikh of Snipers" and "Hawk Eye."^[1]

Before the War in Iraq (2013–2017), al-Salihi fought in the Yom Kippur War, the Iran–Iraq War, the invasion of Kuwait, the Gulf War, and the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.^[2] According to al-Salihi, in the Yom Kippur War he was part of an Iraqi brigade fighting in the Golan Heights.^[1] Around May 2015 al-Salihi joined the Popular Mobilization Forces and was stationed in the Makhoul Mountains in northern Iraq, armed with a Steyr anti materiel rifle.^[2][1] Al-Salihi began fighting ISIS at the Battle of Jurf Al Nasr. He was trained in his sniper skills by the Russian military.^[3]