Adnan Abu Amjad

Adnan Abu Amjad

Native name	Arabic: عدنان أبو أمجد‎‎
Birth name	Adnan Abdul Aziz Ahmed (Arabic: عدنان عبد العزيز أحمد‎‎)
Born	1977 (1977) Manbij, Syria
Died	29 August 2017(2017-08-29) (aged 39–40) Raqqa, Syria
Allegiance	Syrian opposition (2012–13) Rojava (2013–17)
Service/branch	Free Syrian Army (2012–17) Syrian Democratic Forces (2015–17) Manbij Military Council
Years of service	2012–2017
Unit	Kurdish Front (2013–14) Northern Sun Battalion (2014–17)
Commands held	Commander-in-chief of the Manbij Military Council (2016–17) Deputy commander of the Northern Sun Battalion (2014–17)
Battles/wars	Syrian civil war Battle of Aleppo Al-Qusayr offensive Battle of al-Qusayr (2013) Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present) Siege of Kobanî Tell Abyad offensive 2015 al-Hawl offensive Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016) Manbij offensive Raqqa campaign (2016–present) Battle of Tabqa (2017) Battle of Raqqa (2017) † Turkish military intervention in Syria

Commander-in-chief of the Manbij Military Council (2016–17)

Adnan Abdul Aziz Ahmed (1977–29 August 2017), better known as Adnan Abu Amjad (Arabic: عدنان أبو أمجد‎‎), was the commander of the Manbij Military Council, active within the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Syrian Civil War. Adnan led his group, the Manbij Military Council and the Northern Sun Battalion, in every battle since its formation in 2014, including the Siege of Kobanî, the Tell Abyad offensive, the Tishrin Dam offensive, the al-Hawl offensive, the al-Shaddadi offensive, the Battle of Manbij, his hometown, where he freed his parents from ISIL rule in August 2016, and the Raqqa campaign, including the Battle of Raqqa, where he was killed in action on 29 August 2017.