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
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. It was part of the
Alliance of Southern Forces. The group was named after the Omari Mosque in Daraa city.
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.
In 2016, the group participated in the
fight
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between the Syrian opposition and two
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied signi ...
-affiliated groups, the
Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade
The Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade () was a rebel group in southern Syria during the Syrian Civil War. For part of its existence it was connected to the Islamic State. It fought against several Syrian Opposition groups for dominance in the Yarmouk Basi ...
and the
Islamic Muthanna Movement. On 1 April, ISIL attempted to assassinate Fares Adib al-Baydar, the former brigade leader.
See also
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List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the Syrian civil war (2011–present) as belligerents. The main groups were Ba'athist Syria and allies, Syrian opposition, the Syrian opposition and allies, Al-Qaeda and affiliate ...
References
{{2011 Syrian uprising
Anti-Assad factions of the Syrian civil war
Military units and formations disestablished in 2018