Essam al-Buwaydhani was a
Syrian rebel leader. He was reportedly born in
Douma and was a businessman by profession. He was elected leader of
Jaysh al-Islam
Jaysh al-Islam ( ar, جيش الإسلام, Jayš al-ʾIslām, meaning ''Army of Islam''), formerly known as Liwa al-Islam ( ar, لواء الإسلام, links=no, Brigade of Islam), is a coalition of Islamist rebel units involved in the Syrian Civ ...
after
Zahran Alloush
Zahran Alloush ( ar, زَهْرَانُ عَلُّوشٍ, Zahrān ʿAlūš, 1971 – 25 December 2015) was a Syrian Islamist leader active in the Syrian Civil War. He was the commander of Jaysh al-Islam (or Army of Islam), a major component of the ...
, the previous leader of the group, was killed in a
Syrian Air Force
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air strike in December 2015.
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1971 births
Syrian Salafis
People of the Syrian civil war
People from Rif Dimashq Governorate
Syrian businesspeople
2019 deaths