Omari Brigades

Omari Brigades
Omari Brigades
Alwiyat al-Omari
	Logo of the Omari Brigades
Leaders	Capt Qais Al Qatahneh. †; Fares Adib al-Baydar (formerly)
Headquarters	Lajat region, Syria
Active regions	Daraa Governorate
Part of	Free Syrian Army Southern Front 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 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.

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