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Daraa Offensive (March–April 2016)
The Daraa offensive (March–April 2016) was a military operation of two groups allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and the Islamic Muthanna Movement, against Syrian opposition forces in the Daraa Governorate. Background The Muthanna Islamic Movement was accused of kidnappings of Daraa officials and FSA commanders, which the Movement denied. Several of the prisoners were freed by the Yarmouk Army later. Muthanna was also alleged to have cooperated with the Islamic State. In midst of the Second Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin on 23 January 2016, against the Syrian Armed Forces, conflict erupted between the Muthanna Movement and the Yarmouk Army after the Movement blocked the road leading to the town. The Syrian Army was able to capture the town two days later. The offensive The first major clashes already broke out a week before the offensive. On 21 March 2016, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and the Islamic Muthanna Movement, both of which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daraa Governorate Campaign
The Daraa Governorate campaign was a military campaign in the Syrian Civil War for the control of the southern Syrian Daraa Governorate (province) between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Syrian opposition, which ended with the capture of the province by the Southern Operations Room. Offensives * Daraa Governorate clashes (2011–13): Series of military clashes that started since the Civil Uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, until late 2013. The FSA captures several districts. * 2013 Daraa offensive: Launched by the Opposition to seize border areas in the governorate. * Daraa offensive (October 2014): Rebels seize more Syrian Army-held territories. * First Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin: Rebels capture part of Al-Shaykh Maskin from the Syrian Arab Army. * Daraa offensive (January 2015): Rebels finally capture all of Al-Shaykh Maskin. * 2015 Southern Syria offensive: Syrian army retakes Deir al-Adas and surrounding areas. * Battle of Bosra (2015): Rebels capture Bosr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Of Islam Division
The Army of the Revolution (; ''Jaysh al-Thawrā'') was a Syrian rebel alliance affiliated with the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army. It was composed of five FSA factions which mainly operated in the Daraa Governorate in southwestern Syria. One of its commanders stated that the group is a "temporary operations room" due to the separation between western and eastern Daraa, and that the "door is open" for other groups to join the alliance. Member groups * Yarmouk Army **United Sham Front * Mu'tazz Billah Army **Martyr Walid Qaisi Brigade * Muhajireen and Ansar Brigade *Hasan ibn Ali Brigade *Dawn of Islam Division *Free Nawa Forces **Free Nawa Brigade **Bani Umayya Brigade **Farouq Brigade **Omar Mukhtar Brigade **Southern Company **Gaza Houran Brigade **Clear Victory Brigade **Muhammad the Conqueror Brigade **Soldiers of Islam Brigade **Martyr Ahmad al-Awad Brigade **Omar ibn al-Khattab Brigade **Lions of the South Brigade **Technical Battalion *The Organization of Turk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied significant territory in Iraq and Syria in 2013, but lost most of it in 2019. In 2014, the group proclaimed itself to be a worldwide caliphate, and claimed religious, political, and military authority over all Muslims worldwide, a claim not accepted by the vast majority of Muslims. It is List of designated terrorist groups, designated as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations and many countries around the world, including Muslim world, Muslim countries. By the end of 2015, its self-declared caliphate ruled an area with a population of about 12 million, where they enforced their extremist interpretation of Islamic law, managed an annual budget exceeding billion, and commanded more than 30,000 fighters. After a grinding co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inkhil
Inkhil () is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Sanamayn District of the Daraa Governorate. It is located north of Daraa and just east of the Golan Heights in the Hauran plain. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Syria Central Bureau of Statistics it had a population 31,258.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. History Among the ancient ruins found in Inkhil are the remains of a large villa dating from the 2nd century CE during Roman Empire, Roman rule. Within the building is large vaulted central hall which connects to several rooms containing busts and other Roman-era sculptures carved f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
