The Damascus Revolutionary Military Council (Arabic: المجلس العسكري الثوري بدمشق), also called the Military Council of Damascus and its Suburbs (Arabic: المجلس العسكري في دمشق وريفها[a]), was a Syrian rebel coalition affiliated with the Free Syrian Army created by Colonel Khaled Mohammed al-Hammud on 22 March 2012. It operated in the Damascus Governorate of Syria.[1]
| Damascus Revolutionary Military Council | |
|---|---|
| المجلس العسكري الثوري بدمشق | |
| Leaders | |
| Dates of operation | 22 March 2012 – late 2013/early 2014 (defunct)[1] |
| Group(s) | |
| Active regions | |
| Ideology | Pluralism[6] |
| Part of | Free Syrian Army[1] |
| Opponents | Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Israel[2] |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
It claimed to be responsible for the suicide bombings at the General Staff Command of the Syrian Armed Forces in Damascus on 26 September 2012,[8] but it is more likely that the al-Nusra Front was behind the attack.[9]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Not to be confused with another group formed in March 2015 with the same name under the Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta and affiliated with Jaysh al-Islam.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Syrian rebels form 'military council' to conduct operations around Damascus". 22 March 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Statement of the Revolutionary Military Council in Damascus on the Israeli aggression". 9 May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "The Southern Front, Part I". 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Defected woman general trains Syria's rebels". Al Jazeera English. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "A spokesman for the Revolutionary Military Council for "NOW": free exist in key fronts in Damascus and its suburbs". NOW News. 11 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Abu al-Wafa; Sara Ajlyakin (7 August 2013). "Statement of the Revolutionary Military Council in Damascus on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr". Syria Freedom Forever.
- ^ "Formation of a "military council in Damascus and its suburbs" and joining the "unified leadership"". Al-Souria. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Suicide bombers strike outside Syrian military headquarters in Damascus". The Washington Post. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Al Nusrah front claims complex suicide assault on Syrian Army HQ". Long War Journal. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.