# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abu-layla
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:39:10.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abu-layla"
name: "Abu Layla"
slug: "abu-layla"
description: "Faisal Abdi Bilal Saadoun, widely known as Abu Leyla or Abu Layla, was a Kurdish commander in both the Free Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). He is regarded by many as a hero of the Rojava–Islamist conflict."
tagline: "Commander of the Free Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saadoun_al-Faisal_(Abu_Laya).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1948"
deathDate: "2016-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.65
  momentum:             3.983402489626556
  historical:           5.490930666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Layla"
    title: "Abu Layla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "أبو ليلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%88_%D9%84%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ئەبوو لەیلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eb%C3%BB_Leyla"
    title: "Ebû Leyla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ابولیلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abou_Layla"
    title: "Abou Layla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24573309"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump