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Battle Of Aleppo (2024)
On 29 November 2024, Syrian opposition group Tahrir al-Sham, along with allied Turkey, Turkish-backed groups in the Military Operations Command (Syria), Military Operations Command, entered the Ba'athist Syria, Syrian government-held city of Aleppo. The battle began on the third day of a Northwestern Syria offensive (2024), large-scale rebel offensive. It was the first time fighting had broken out in the city since the Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016), earlier battle, which began in 2012 and ended in 2016 when the Assad administration pushed rebels out of the city. On 30 November 2024, opposition groups captured most of the city amidst the collapse of pro-government forces. Coinciding with the lightning-speed takeover of Aleppo, the rebels pushed into the countryside of northern Hama; the whole city of Hama eventually 2024 Hama offensive, fell to the rebels on December 5. Background After the Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016), battle from 2012 to 2016, Syrian government forces di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Syrian Opposition Offensives
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition groups called the Military Operations Command led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria. The operation was codenamed Deterrence of Aggression by HTS. This is the first time that opposition forces in the Syrian civil war launched a military offensive campaign since the March 2020 Idlib ceasefire. On 29 November 2024, HTS and later the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered Aleppo and captured most of the city, amid the collapse of pro-government forces. The next day, opposition forces made rapid advances, capturing dozens of towns and villages as pro-government forces disintegrated, and advanced toward Hama in central Syria, subsequently capturing it on 5 December. By 6 December, the SDF captured Deir ez-Zor in an offens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Front For Liberation
The National Front for Liberation ( ar, الجبهة الوطنية للتحرير, ''Al-Jabhat al-Wataniya lil-Tahrir'') is a Syrian rebel coalition that is part of the Syrian National Army (SNA) fighting in the Syrian Civil War. The group was formed by 11 rebel factions in northwestern Syria in May 2018, and was officially announced on 28 May 2018. The formation receives major support from Turkey. The group joined the SNA on 4 October 2019. Commanders From 28 May to 1 August 2018, Colonel Fadlallah al-Haji of the Sham Legion was the group's overall commander, Lieutenant Colonel Suhaib Leoush of the Free Idlib Army was its deputy commander, and Major Muhammad Mansour of the Army of Victory was its chief of staff. On 1 August, Ahmad Sarhan ("Abu Satif") of the Suqour al-Sham Brigades and Walid al-Mushayil ("Abu Hashim") of Jaysh al-Ahrar were named as the group's new first and second deputy commanders, respectively, while Walid al-Mushayil ("Abu Hashim") of Ahrar al-Sham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Republican Guard SSI
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indigenous elements and the foreign cultures that have come to inhabit the region of Syria over the course of thousands of years. The mother tongue of most Syrians is Levantine Arabic, which came to replace the former mother tongue, Aramaic, following the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 7th century. The conquest led to the establishment of the Caliphate under successive Arab dynasties, who, during the period of the later Abbasid Caliphate, promoted the use of the Arabic language. A minority of Syrians have retained Aramaic which is still spoken in its Eastern and Western dialects. In 2018, the Syrian Arab Republic had an estimated population of 19.5 million, which includes, aside from the aforementioned majority, ethnic minorities such as K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Special Mission Forces Division
The 25th Special Mission Forces Division, mostly known by their former name Tiger Forces or Quwwat al-Nimr ( ar, قُوَّات النِّمْر), is an elite formation ( special forces unit) of the Syrian Arab Army which functions primarily as an offensive unit in the Syrian Civil War. It has been described as a "hot commodity for any government offensive", but their relatively small numbers make it difficult to deploy them to multiple fronts at once. History The special forces unit was formed during the Syrian civil war. According to Gregory Waters, the Tiger Forces are operated by the Air Force Intelligence Directorate.p. 2 After successful operations in Latakia and Hama,p. 2 Colonel Suheil al-Hassan was tasked a special project by the Syrian Armed Forces Central Command in the fall of 2013—to train and lead a Special Forces unit that would work primarily as an offensive unit. Colonel Hassan handpicked many of the soldiers that would later form the Tiger For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Commando
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indigenous elements and the foreign cultures that have come to inhabit the region of Syria over the course of thousands of years. The mother tongue of most Syrians is Levantine Arabic, which came to replace the former mother tongue, Aramaic, following the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 7th century. The conquest led to the establishment of the Caliphate under successive Arab dynasties, who, during the period of the later Abbasid Caliphate, promoted the use of the Arabic language. A minority of Syrians have retained Aramaic which is still spoken in its Eastern and Western dialects. In 2018, the Syrian Arab Republic had an estimated population of 19.5 million, which includes, aside from the aforementioned majority, ethnic minorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Army
" (''Guardians of the Homeland'') , colors = * Service uniform: Khaki, Olive * Combat uniform: Green, Black, Khaki , anniversaries = August 1st , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = 1948 Arab–Israeli War Six-Day War War of Attrition Black September Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Islamist uprising in Syria Mountain War (Lebanon) Operation Desert Storm Syrian Civil War , decorations = , battle_honours = , battle_honours_label = , disbanded = , website = , commander1 = Marshal Bashar al-Assad , commander1_label =President of Syria , commander2 = Gen. Ali Mahmoud Abbas , commander2_label = Minister of Defense , commander3 = Gen. Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim , commander3_label = Chief of the General Staff , notable_commanders = , identification_symbol = , identification_symbol_label = , identification_symbol_2 = , identification_symbol_2_label = The Syrian Army, officially the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Arab Armed Forces
The Syrian Arab Armed Forces ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah) are the military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic. They consist of the Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Air Force, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Defense Force, and paramilitary forces, such as the National Defence Force. According to the Syrian constitution, the President of Syria is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The military is a conscripted force; males serve in the military upon reaching the age of 18, but they are exempted from service if they do not have a brother who can take care of their parents. Since the Syrian Civil War, the enlisted members of the Syrian military have dropped by over half from a pre-civil war figure of 325,000 to 150,000 soldiers in the army in December 2014, due to casualties, desertions and draft dodging, reaching between 178,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katibat Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad
Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (, , ) is an Uzbek/Kyrgyz jihadist militant organization based in Syria. History The group was established in Syria in 2014 by Sirojiddin Mukhtarov, and consists of mostly Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals. In 2015 the group, with the help of Al-Nusra Front and Ajnad al-Kavkaz, attempted to establish a de facto state in northwestern Syria. This was all after the fighting in Idlib province, specifically in the town of Jisr ash-Shughur. In 2016 the group bombed the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan, under Mukhtarov's orders. Three people were arrested and sentenced for aiding and abetting the bombing. In 2019 the group hired hitmen to kill Aierken Saimaiti, a man who exposed a large money laundering scheme. Also in 2019, the groups Shura council voted unanimously to replace Mukhtarov with Ilmurad Khikmatov. In 2021 two of the head propagandists of the organization were arrested in the town of Tanzim after attempting to recruit Uzbek school children to go t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long War Journal
''FDD's Long War Journal'' (LWJ) is an American news website, also described as a blog, which reports on the War on terror. The site is operated by Public Multimedia Incorporated (PMI), a non-profit media organization established in 2007. PMI is run by Paul Hanusz and Bill Roggio. Roggio is the managing editor of the journal and Thomas Joscelyn is senior editor. The site is a project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where both Roggio and Joscelyn are senior fellows. The journal evolved from Roggio's personal blog with which he reported on conflicts involving terrorism and Islamic insurgencies around the world. PMI states that its journal seeks to provide news on conflicts without promoting a political agenda and with a goal of providing in-depth, contextual, detailed reporting. The site's staff, led by Roggio, use international media sources plus contacts in the United States intelligence community for information for their reports. The organization is funded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katibat Al-Ghuraba Al-Turkistan
Katibat al-Ghuraba al-Turkistan (, ) is a predominantly Uyghur militant jihadist group based in Syria. History The group established itself in July 2017, in north-western Syria, mostly by advertising itself through YouTube propaganda videos of battle against Syrian Forces. Though unaffiliated, it has, through its YouTube videos, normally shown support to Al-Qaeda and the Al-Nusra Front. Throughout its history, it has openly shown its hatred for China and the CCP, especially the government's treatment of Uyghurs. In March 2018, the group expanded throughout Idlib and Hama governorate, with help from Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham. In October 2018, Katibat al-Ghuraba al-Turkistan trained with Malhama Tactical in Latakia, Syria , coordinates = , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = 11 , elevation_ft = , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code = Country code: 963 City code: 41 , geocode ..., and u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liwa Al-Muhajireen Wal-Ansar
)Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar() , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = , caption = Flag of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar , active = Summer 2012 – present , ideology = Salafi jihadism, Islamic fundamentalism , leaders = *Sheikh Mu'tasim Billah al-Madani (September 2015–present) *Mansur Dagestani *Abu Ibrahim al-Khurasani (June 2015–September 2015) *Salahuddin al-Shishani (December 2013–June 2015) * Abu Omar al-Shishani (summer 2012–winter 2013) , groups = Green Battalion , headquarters = , area = Northwestern Syria *Aleppo Governorate *Latakia Governorate *Idlib Governorate *Hama Governorate , size = ≈750 fighters () , partof = Be Steadfast Operations Room () Tahrir al-Sham () * Al-Nusra Front () Former: * Caucasus Emirate * Jabhat Ansar al-Din () * Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant () , predecessor = Muhajireen Battalion (Katibat al-Muhajireen) , succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajnad Al-Kavkaz
, war = Syrian Civil War , image = Ajnad Al-Kavkaz flag.svg , caption = Flag of Ajnad al-Kavkaz. , groups = , active = 2015–''present'' , ideology = * Sunni Islamic fundamentalism ** Salafist jihadism * Anti-Russian *North Caucasus separatism , leaders = *Abdul Hakim al-Shishani (Rustam Azhiev) (overall emir) * Khamza al-Shishani (military emir) *Abu Bakr al-Shishani (commander, 2016–17) *Abd al-Rahman al-Shishani , factions = , size = *2014: 80+ (Jamaat al-Khilafa al-Qawqazia); 32 (Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz) * 2016: 100+ * 2017: 50–100 * 2018: 200 , headquarters = , area = *Northwestern Syria **Idlib Governorate **Latakia Governorate **Hama Governorate *Ukraine (since 2022) , predecessor = Jamaat al-Khilafa al-Qawqazia Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz , partof = Army of Conquest (formerly) , opponents = , battles = Syrian Civil Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
