Omari Brigades | |
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Alwiyat al-Omari | |
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 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 |
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 has been supplied and funded by Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Alliance of Southern Forces. The group is named after the Omari Mosque in Daraa city.[3]