COMMANDER // b. 1979
Osama Hilali
Lifespan
1979 – c. 2017
Active service 2012 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 33.
Profile
Osama Suleiman Mansour Hilali is a member of the Kurdish Future Movement in Syria. He was also an activist who led protests during the Syrian uprising in 2011, and a militant who founded the Mashaal Brigade, an armed rebel group that consisted of both Arabs and Kurds. Under Hilali's command, the group fought against Syrian government forces and the mainly-Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) between 2012 and 2013, during the Syrian Civil War, most notably in the Battle of Ras al-Ayn.
Battles (1)
2012
Battle of Ras al-AynSyrian Civil War · Free Syrian Army