Omari Brigades

Omari Brigades
Alwiyat al-Omari
Logo of the Omari Brigades
Leaders	Capt Qais Al Qatahneh.  † [1] Fares Adib al-Baydar [2] (formerly)
Headquarters	Lajat region, Syria
Active regions	Daraa Governorate [3]
Part of	Free Syrian Army Southern Front [3] Alliance of Southern Forces Syrian Revolutionaries Front southern branch (former)
Allies	Saudi Arabia Criterion Brigades Tahrir al-Sham Islamic Muthanna Movement (until 2016)
Opponents	Syria   Iran   Hezbollah   Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since 2016)
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Bosra (2015) Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Daraa offensive (March–April 2016) Daraa Governorate campaign Daraa offensive (June 2018)

The Omari Brigades was 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 was supplied and funded by Saudi Arabia. It was part of the Alliance of Southern Forces. The group was named after the Omari Mosque in Daraa city. ^[3]

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] In 2016, the group participated in the fight between the Syrian opposition and two Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-affiliated groups, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and the Islamic Muthanna Movement. On 1 April, ISIL attempted to assassinate Fares Adib al-Baydar, the former brigade leader. ^[2]

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

References

1. Suha Maayeh; Phil Sands (16 November 2014). "Blinded by feuds, Syria's southern rebels turn guns on one another". The National. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
2. "Clashes Renew between the rebels and (IS) Group Rural Daraa". 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
3. "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted GroupsDemocratic Revolution, Syrian Style". 21 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2025.