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Daraa Offensive (February–June 2017)
The Daraa offensive (February–June 2017), code named as the battle of "Death Rather than Humiliation" () by the rebels, was a military operation launched by Syrian rebels against positions of the Syrian Arab Army in the Manshiyah District of Daraa city, in southern Syria, during the Syrian Civil War. Background In the first half of 2016, heavy fighting had taken place between (and also within) factions connected to ISIS, on one side, and Jabhat al-Nusra and Free Syrian Army factions, on the other. At the end of this period, the rebels emerged victorious but ISIS had made some advances. Several rebel groups formed the al-Bunyan al-Marsous Operations Room (BM) in June 2016, composed of several Southern Front factions and Islamist groups Jaish al-Islam, Ahrar al-Sham and a small al-Nusra contingent. In February 2017, this coalition (with al-Nusra now re-constituted as Tahrir al-Sham or HTS) started advancing on government-held territory in Daraa. The offensive Initial re ... [...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] |
Hezbollah
Hezbollah ( ; , , ) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Its armed strength was assessed to be equivalent to that of a medium-sized army in 2016. Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by Lebanese clerics in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Inspired by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's model of Islamic governance, Hezbollah established strong ties with Iran. The group was initially supported by 1,500 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) instructors, who helped unify various Lebanese Shia factions under Hezbollah's leadership. Hezbollah's 1985 manifesto outlined its key objectives, which include expelling Western influence from the region, destroying Israel, pledging allegiance to Iran's supreme leader, and establishing an Islamic government influenced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Republican Guard Symbol
Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indigenous elements and the foreign cultures that have come to rule the land and its people over the course of thousands of years. By the seventh century, most of the inhabitants of the Levant spoke Aramaic. In the centuries after the Muslim conquest of the Levant in 634, Arabic gradually became the dominant language, but a minority of Syrians (particularly the Assyrians and Syriac-Arameans retained Aramaic (Syriac), which is still spoken in its Eastern and Western dialects. The national name "Syrian" was originally an Indo-European corruption of Assyrian and applied to Assyria in northern Mesopotamia, however by antiquity it was used to denote the inhabitants of the Levant. Following the Muslim conquest of the Levant, Arab ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Armoured Division (Syria)
The 5th Mechanized Division () was a mechanized infantry division of the Syrian Arab Army. The division was part of the Syrian Army's 1st Corps. Command structure ;5th Mechanized Division (2021) * 12th Armored Brigade * 15th Mechanized Brigade * 112th Mechanized Brigade * 132nd Mechanized Brigade * 38th Infantry Brigade * 59th Commando Battalion * 175th Artillery Regiment Source: Combat history The 5th Division was one of the oldest divisions in the Syrian Arab Army and its seat in the Daraa region has changed very little over the years, already during the Six Day War the division existed and was stationed in the southwestern sector, along the border With Jordan and the Golan Heights. Black September in Jordan The 5th Division, at that time an infantry formation, invaded Jordan during the events of Black September in Jordan. In September 1970, the division alongside an independent armored brigade and the commando forces participated in an attack by the Syrian army in Jordan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Army
The Syrian Army is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. Up until the fall of the Assad regime, the Syrian Arab Army existed as a land force branch of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces, which dominanted the military service of the four uniformed services, controlling the most senior posts in the armed forces, and had the greatest manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services.. The Syrian Army originated in local military forces formed by the French after World War I, after France obtained a mandate over the region. It officially came into being in 1945, before Syria obtained full independence the following year and 2 years after official independance. After 1946, it played a major role in Syria's governance, mounting six military coups: two in 1949, including the March 1949 Syrian coup d'état and the August 1949 coup by Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi, and one each in 1951, 1954, 1963, 1966, and 1970. It fought four wars with Israel (1948, the Six-Day War in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Of Free Tribes
The Army of Free Tribes (, ''Jaysh Ahrar al-Ashayer''), previously called the Southern Command and the Collective of Free Southern Tribesmen, is a Syrian Civil War-era rebel coalition affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and was headed by Brigadier General Ibrahim Fahad Al Naimi. The group was supported by Jordan. History The Southern Command of the Free Syrian Army was established on 5 September 2014 in the Quneitra Governorate. The group's commander, Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Fahad al-Naimi, threatened to arrest any rebel deserting the group. It was reported on 3 November 2014 that the Southern Command convinced the al-Nusra Front to leave Ghadir al-Bustan and al-Qseibah villages in the Quneitra Governorate, some miles away from the Golan Heights. Member groups * Division 70 * Division 90 * Brigade Corps 72 * Infantry Brigade 71 * Infantry Brigade 73 * Infantry Brigade 305 * Brigade 51 * Brigade 52 * Brigade 53 * Brigade 91 * Brigade 92 * Brigade 93 * Brigade 94 * Brigade 95 * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18 March Division
The 18 March Division () was a rebel group part of the Free Syrian Army. The 18 March Division named after the 18 March 2011 protests in Daraa and was active during the Syrian Civil War. The group was created on 11 April 2013 by Colonel Mohammed Khaled al-Duhni out of three affiliated groups. On 18 July 2013, the Southern Tawhid Brigade, one of the affiliated groups, left the 18 March Division due to internal disputes. It joined the Southern Front on 14 February 2014, and also joined the Hawks of the South alliance on 27 December 2014. History In April 2015, after five Southern Front groups unilaterally rejected all forms of cooperation with the al-Nusra Front, the 18 March Division clashed with al-Nusra in the Daraa al-Balad district of Daraa. Conflicting reports stated that the al-Nusra Front captured a member of the Southern Tawhid Brigade and threw a grenade at the latter group's headquarters. On 28 September 2016, one of the group's field commanders, Hosam Abazid, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Of Sunna Forces
The Youth of Sunna Forces or Sunni Youth Forces, formerly the Youth of Sunna Division and the Youth of Sunna Brigade, was a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army's Southern Front that was armed with U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles. It operated in the Daraa and Quneitra Governorates until it surrendered and later joined the Syrian Arab Army in 2018. History On 2 August 2016, fighters from the Youth of Sunna Forces raided the house of its deputy leader Mohammad Tohme and proceeded to beat his father and shot his brother. In response, the next day Tohme loyalists stormed their headquarters in Bosra and deposed Ahmad al-Awda, the leader of the group. al-Awda and his followers fled and was subsequently placed under house arrest, while the military council handed over the group's command to Tohme and his deputy, Bilal al-Droubi. Some rebel supporters called this a '' coup d'etat'' while others declared their support and defended the toppling of corrupt leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Corps (Syrian Rebel Group)
The First Corps was a Syrian rebel coalition active during the Syrian Civil War. It is part of the western backed Syrian rebel Southern Front. On 13 April 2015, it joined a number of other Southern Front affiliates in condemning al-Nusra's ideology and discontinuing all forms of cooperation with it. See also *List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the Syrian civil war (2011–present) as belligerents. The main groups were Ba'athist Syria and allies, Syrian opposition, the Syrian opposition and allies, Al-Qaeda and affiliate ... References External links Anti-Assad factions of the Syrian civil war Free Syrian Army {{mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution Army (Syria)
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] |
Omari Brigades
The Omari Brigades was a Syrian rebel group formed in the Lajat region in Daraa Governorate as the first FSA group formed in the province. It received TOW missiles and was supplied and funded by Saudi Arabia. It was part of the Alliance of Southern Forces. The group was named after the Omari Mosque in Daraa city. History The group's leader, Captain Al Qatahneh, was killed in a gun battle with an opposition activist named Qaisar Habib on 28 August 2014. The activist, severely wounded and admitted to a hospital, was murdered on 19 October by Omari Brigades fighters. In 2016, the group participated in the fight between the Syrian opposition and two Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-affiliated groups, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and the Islamic Muthanna Movement. On 1 April, ISIL attempted to assassinate Fares Adib al-Baydar, the former brigade leader. See also *List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Of Southern Forces
The Alliance of Southern Forces was a Syrian rebel coalition consisting of 8 rebel factions from the Free Syrian Army's Southern Front. The group operated in southwestern Syria. The coalition supported the High Negotiations Committee and its participation in the Geneva peace talks on Syria. Member groups *Omari Brigades *18 March Division **Martyr Houran **Liberation of Houran **Engineering and Rocket Battalion *Division of Decisiveness **Houran Column Division ** Subject of Islam Brigade **Martyrs of Freedom Division *Division of Righteousness *46th Infantry Division **24th Infantry Division **69th Special Forces Division ***Free Men of Inkhil Brigade ***Murabitun Brigade ***Lions of Islam Brigade ***Fath al-Mubin Brigade **Al-Bayt Brigade *1st Special Tasks Brigade *Salvation Army **Free Nawa Division ***8th Infantry Division **Martyr Jamil Abu Zain Sharaf Division **Special Task Force Division *Brigade of Dignity History On 19 May 2017, Mazen Jawad, also known by his '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
