Silver sniper takes his ISIS kill tally to 321 victims

The 63-year-old Iraqi veteran of five wars is determined to rid his country of jihadis; the sniper has fought in the Yom Kippur war, Iran-Iraq war, Invasion of Kuwait and Gulf War

A veteran sniper has reportedly claimed the lives of more than 300 ISIS fighters in two years after volunteering to join the fight against jihad in his home country.

Abu Tahseen, 63, who has previously fought in five conflicts, volunteers with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Units, like reported by dailymail.co.uk .

Now the silver-haired sniper has killed 321 militants since 2015, according to military.com.

Mr Tahseen is a legend among his comrades and is so committed to the cause that he even spends his time off tracking down ISIS fighters.

In videos the sniper appears calm and focused as he talks about using his deadly skills to kill the enemy.

Following his 173rd kill last year, the fighter released a video in which he appeared to take out an enemy sniper.

And the soldier has spoken of how ISIS militants live in fear of entering the area he patrols.

As he gazes over the Makhoul Mountains, in North Baijiin, Mr Tahseen says: ‘You see this area? I guarantee to God no one would come up it.

‘I’m relaxed. My mind is relaxed.

‘When I get my rotation I just want to get back here.

‘Last time they gave me a month off and after 12 days I came back.’

The pensioner, who has bullets longer than his fingers strapped to his belt, talks about what his powerful weapon does to his targets, saying it ‘pushes him back one meter before putting him down’.

Mr Tahseen has fought in the Yom Kippur war, Iran-Iraq war, Invasion of Kuwait and Gulf War.