Syrian Civil War Yamin Abou-Zand[2] (1986 – 25 March 2017), better known by his nom de guerre Abu Umar al-Almani (Arabic: أبو عمر الألماني; Abū ʿUmar al-Almānī), was a prominent German commander of the Islamic State.

He gained notoriety by appearing in the first German IS propaganda video in 2015, and went on to fight for the militant organization until 2017, when he was killed in action against the Syrian Democratic Forces.

[7] Soon after, Yamin adopted his nom de guerre "Abu Umar al-Almani" and joined Millatu Ibrahim,[3] a German Salafist organization led by the Austrian Mohamed Mahmoud that had become a unit of the Islamic State's military.

[3] German Salafists, including those with sympathies for IS and al-Qaeda, widely condemned the execution and the video, with prominent Islamist Bernhard Falk (de) calling Abu Umar a psychopath.

[8] In course of the following year, Abu Umar became an emir and one of the leading IS commanders in the Al-Thawrah District, where he helped to organize the defenses against the SDF-led Raqqa offensive.