(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime intelligence services have issued 9 arrest warrants for Mohammed Zahran Alloush, former Islam Army’s commander (1971- December 25, 2015).
According to Intelligence archive that obtained by Zaman Al Wasl, the warrants issued in 2012, 2013 and 2014, no: (210191, 857113, 915298, 74350).
Alloush was the head of Jaysh al Islam, or Islam Army, one of the most powerful insurgent groups in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus. He has been killed on Friday with seven more senior commanders in a Russian air strike on his group's headquarters.
Alloush was released from the notorious Sednaya military prison in 2011 with other commanders of Syrian rebels factions to found later Syria's dominant Islam Army group in his hometown of Douma.
Before setting up Jaysh al Islam, or Islam Army, Alloush had founded Liwa al-Islam, or the Brigade of Islam, with his father Abdallah, a Salafist Syrian cleric based in Saudi Arabia.
He represented the Salafists in Syria who do not share the international ambitions of al Qaeda's militants, many of them foreign, who want to drive Westerners out of the Middle East and unite Muslims in a single state.
Alloush, who was released by the Syrian authorities at the start of the conflict in 2011 when it let scores of Islamist detainees go free, had been criticized for a clampdown on dissidents in the areas he controlled.
Activists also accused him of kidnapping several of their prominent figures including Razan Zeitouneh and her companions in 2013.
Alloush was ideologically at odds with ISIS and al Qaeda, espousing a more moderate brand of Islam. He fought against ultra-hardline militants and drove them out of his territory.
According to Intelligence archive that obtained by Zaman Al Wasl, the warrants issued in 2012, 2013 and 2014, no: (210191, 857113, 915298, 74350).
Alloush was the head of Jaysh al Islam, or Islam Army, one of the most powerful insurgent groups in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus. He has been killed on Friday with seven more senior commanders in a Russian air strike on his group's headquarters.
Alloush was released from the notorious Sednaya military prison in 2011 with other commanders of Syrian rebels factions to found later Syria's dominant Islam Army group in his hometown of Douma.
Before setting up Jaysh al Islam, or Islam Army, Alloush had founded Liwa al-Islam, or the Brigade of Islam, with his father Abdallah, a Salafist Syrian cleric based in Saudi Arabia.
He represented the Salafists in Syria who do not share the international ambitions of al Qaeda's militants, many of them foreign, who want to drive Westerners out of the Middle East and unite Muslims in a single state.
Alloush, who was released by the Syrian authorities at the start of the conflict in 2011 when it let scores of Islamist detainees go free, had been criticized for a clampdown on dissidents in the areas he controlled.
Activists also accused him of kidnapping several of their prominent figures including Razan Zeitouneh and her companions in 2013.
Alloush was ideologically at odds with ISIS and al Qaeda, espousing a more moderate brand of Islam. He fought against ultra-hardline militants and drove them out of his territory.
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