Omari Brigades

Omari Brigades
Alwiyat al-Omari
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Leaders Capt Al Qatahneh [1]
Headquarters Lajat region, Syria
Area of operations Daraa Governorate[2]
Part of Free Syrian Army
Syria Revolutionaries Front
Southern Front[2]
First Army[3]
Opponents Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War

The Omari Brigades is a Syrian rebel group formed in the Lajat region in Daraa Governorate as the first FSA group formed in the province. It received TOW missiles and has been supplied and funded by Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Syria Revolutionaries Front and Southern Front. The group is named after the Omari Mosque in Daraa city.[2]

History

The group's leader, Captain Al Qatahneh, was killed in a gun battle with an opposition activist named Qaisar Habib on 28 August 2014. The activist, severely wounded and admitted to a hospital, was murdered on 19 October by Omari Brigades fighters.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Blinded by feuds, Syria’s southern rebels turn guns on one another". The National. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted GroupsDemocratic Revolution, Syrian Style". 21 October 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. "Syria dissident groups still not united". Al Monitor. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  4. "Jabhat al-Nusra looks for battlefield breakout". As-Safir. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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