`Adnan_`Uqla
ʽAdnan ʽUqla
Syrian Islamist insurgent
Adnan Uqla (Arabic: عدنان عقلة) was a Syrian revolutionary and 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.[1]