Liwaa al-Umma

The Liwaa al - Umma (Arabic لواء الامة, DMG Liwā al - Umma, Brigade of the Umma '); is a partially religiously oriented paramilitary group of the Free Syrian Army in the civil war in Syria. The leader of the group is the Irish- Libyan fighter Mahdi al - Harati.

The Liwaa al - Umma occurred from April 2012 as an independent entity with foreign fighters in appearance, in September 2012 she joined the Free Syrian Army. The organization says of himself that you belong to more than 6000 active freedom fighters who are fighting against the Assad government.

Next to Syrian fighters The Liwaa al - Umma are also veterans of the Tripoli Brigade of the civil war in Libya in 2011. These were commanded by al - Harati and were trained by Qatari special forces. The group enjoys the support avowedly private foreign donors, mainly from the Gulf countries. Your speaker distance themselves from Jihad terrorist organization al - Qaeda. You intend after the end of the Civil War to participate in a transitional government and to shape with a moderate Islamic party, the Syrian policy.