ʽAdnan ʽUqla
Adnan Uqla عدنان عقلة | |
|---|---|
Uqla, sometime in the late 1970s | |
| Leader of the Fighting Vanguard | |
| In office June 1979 – April 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Abdel Sattar al-Za’im |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1950 |
| Died | Disappeared c. 1982 (aged 32) Presumed dead |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ba'athist Syria (until 1979) Muslim Brotherhood |
| Branch/service | Syrian Army (until 1979) Fighting Vanguard |
| Battles/wars | |
Adnan Uqla (Arabic: عدنان عقلة) was a Syrian Islamist insurgent who served as the leader of the Fighting Vanguard; a Sunni militant group connected to the Muslim Brotherhood that led the failed Islamist insurrection in Syria. He was noted as being particularly pious and of being the Vanguard's most charismatic and influential figure.