Abdullah Azzam Brigades

Details

Instance of

terrorist organization

Inception

2009

Part of

Al-Qaeda

Conflict

Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon

Country

Lebanon

Founded by

Saleh Al-Qaraawi

Chaired by

Q15545965, Saleh Al-Qaraawi

designated as terrorist by

United States, United Kingdom

named after

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam

native label

كتائب عبد الله عزام

operating area

Lebanon, Egypt, Syria

political ideology

Sunni Islam