Salam Hussein

Salam Jassem Hussein al-Obeidi (also known as Major Salam, b: 1979 ) is an Iraqi army general who received media appraisal during the war against ISIS and the Second battle of Mosul (2016–2017).

War against ISIS When the war against ISIS erupted, Major Salam Hussein led the 2nd battalion of the 1st Brigade (ISOF-1), part of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces, known as the Golden Division. Major Hussein is critical of Iraq's political establishment, especially former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whom he regards as the main cause of his country's crisis. In late December 2016, after the conquest of the Eastern side of Mosul, he left for the US to train 6 months. He returned to Mosul in June 2017 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, to lead the offensive on Mosul's old town, on the western bank of the river.