Al-Rahman Legion
Appearance
The Al-Rahman Legion is a Syrian militant group that was active in the countryside around Damascus. The group was supported by Qatar due to the group controlling Jobar.[21] The group has been called a non-Salafi Islamist group.[22] The group's leader is Abdul al-Nasr Shamir, a former soldier in the Syrian Arab Army but defected in 2012.[23][24]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Nicholas A. Heras (June 30, 2015). "Beating on Assad's door: Syrian militia fighter Abd al-Nasr Shmeir (Militant Leadership Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 6)". Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ↑ Leith Abou Fadel (9 March 2018). "High ranking rebel commander killed in East Ghouta". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ↑ "Syria rebel group fights in Damascus, talks in Geneva". AFP. 24 March 2017.
- ↑ Leith Fadel (2 May 2017). "High ranking rebel commander killed by infighting in East Ghouta". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ↑ "Wael Alwan to "Syria Call": We blew up an advanced tunnel for the forces of the Syrian regime in the countryside of Damascus". Syria Call. 26 December 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 JOŠKO BARIĆ (30 April 2017). "Faylaq al-Rahman's decline in East Ghouta". Syrian War Daily.
- ↑ "Al-Majd Brigades: to make the dreams of Syrian people true - Revolutionary Forces of Syria media office". 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ Cassman, Daniel. "Syria - Mapping Militant Organizations". web.stanford.edu.
- ↑ hasanmustafas (8 May 2015). "The Moderate Rebels: A Growing List of Vetted Groups Fielding BGM-71 TOW Anti-Tank Guided Missiles".
- ↑ Syrian War Daily (Wordpress blog), 11 December 2017
- ↑ Syria’s civil war has been raging for 7 years. What’s behind it?, NBC, 22 February 2018
- ↑ "Who are these 70,000 Syrian fighters David Cameron is relying on?". The Guardian. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "Thousands of Well-Armed Rebel Fighters Are in Syria's Ghouta". Associated Press. 28 February 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ Explainer: Who's fighting whom in Syria's Ghouta?, BBC Monitoring, 22 February 2018
- ↑ "Update: Rebel Infighting in East Ghouta". Skylight Syria blog. 12 May 2017.
- ↑ "حماس والنظام السوري.. علاقة مضطربة ومواقف متضاربة" [Hamas and the Syrian regime..a turbulent relationship and conflicting positions]. Enab Baladi (in Arabic). 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ "Faylaq al Rahman fights against ISIS in Damascus and the surrounding countryside, including arresting alleged ISIS groups and ISIS sympathizers. On May 10, 2015 it signed a statement pledging to clear Eastern Ghouta of all ISIS militants." Jennifer Cafarella and Genevieve Casagrande, Syrian Armed Opposition Powerbrokers, Middle East Security Report 29, March 2016, Institute for the Study of War, citing Abu Abdullah Al Hourani “Faylaq Al Rahman launches attacks on factions in Ghouta after failure to pledge to Islamic State” Zaman Al Wasl, January 29, 2015
- ↑ Rebel allies fight each other in east Damascus: monitor Archived 2018-08-04 at the Wayback Machine NOW News, 1 March 2016
- ↑ Army of Islam Urges Al-Rahman Legion to End its Attack on East Ghouta Enab Baladi, June 16, 2016
- ↑ "Rebels take on ISIS in new Damascus front". The Daily Star. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "The Moderate Rebels: A Growing List Of Vetted Groups Fielding Bgm-71 Tow Anti-Tank Guided Missiles". Hasan Mustafas. 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "The Moderate Rebels: A Growing List Of Vetted Groups Fielding Bgm-71 Tow Anti-Tank Guided Missiles". Hasan Mustafas. 8 May 2015.
- ↑ Oweis, Khaled Yacoub ; Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit (Ed.): Backbone of the Syrian revolt: inclusion of rural Sunnis key for international efforts to end conflict.
- ↑ Oweis, Khaled Yacoub ; Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit (Ed.): Backbone of the Syrian revolt: inclusion of rural Sunnis key for international efforts to end conflict. Berlin, 2015 (SWP Comments 39/2015). URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-442697