Essam al-Buwaydhani, also known as Abu Hammam al-Buwaydhani (Arabic: أبو همام البويضاني) is a Syrian rebel leader.

He was reportedly born in Douma and was a businessman by profession.

[1] He was elected leader of Jaysh al-Islam after Zahran Alloush, the previous leader of the group, was killed in a Syrian Air Force air strike in December 2015.

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