Essam al-Buwaydhani

Essam al-Buwaydhani was the leader of Jaysh al-Islam. He was allegedly born in the city of Douma and was originally a businessman.^[1] He was made leader of Jaysh al-Islam after the previous leader Zahran Alloush was killed in a airstrike by the Syrian Armed Forces in December of 2015.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Essam al-Buwaydhani
Born	Douma, Syria
Died	12 June 2019
Allegiance	Jaysh al-Islam
Battles/wars	Syrian Civil War Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018)