Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi

Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi (Arabic: عبد الوهاب الساعدي) is an Iraqi general who served as the director of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service from 2020 to 2023. Al-Saadi rose to fame during the war against ISIS when his contributions as an Iraqi Special Operations Forces commander received much media coverage. He played a critical role in the defeat of ISIS in Iraq, and in 2022 he received the French Legion of Honour.