Al-Rahman Legion

The Al-Rahman Legion is a Syrian militant group that was active in the countryside around Damascus. The group was supported by Qatar due to the group controlling Jobar. The group has been called a non-Salafi Islamist group. The group's leader is Abdul al-Nasr Shamir, a former soldier in the Syrian Arab Army but defected in 2012.Oweis, Khaled Yacoub ; Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit (Ed.): Backbone of the Syrian revolt: inclusion of rural Sunnis key for international efforts to end conflict.Oweis, Khaled Yacoub ; Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit (Ed.): Backbone of the Syrian revolt: inclusion of rural Sunnis key for international efforts to end conflict. Berlin, 2015 (SWP Comments 39/2015). URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-442697

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Category:Militant groups