Head of the Security Committee in Khalidiyah District Ibrahim al-Fahdawi announced on Thursday, that the security forces had managed to kill 10 ISIS elements, including a Saudi national, in the area of al-Mallab south of Ramadi. Fahdawi stated for Iraqi News, "The security forces were able, today, to kill 10 ISIS elements in the area of al-Mallab south of Ramadi," adding that, "The senior leader and military commander in the region Abu Abdullah al-Saudi, who is a Saudi national, was among the dead."