Headquarters Lajat region, Syria Battles and wars Syrian Civil War | Area of operations Daraa Governorate | |
Leaders Capt Al Qatahneh †
Fares Adib al-Baydar (formerly) Part of Free Syrian Army
Southern Front
Alliance of Southern Forces Opponents Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force | ||
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 Alliance of Southern Forces. The group is 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 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.