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The Christian militias in Iraq and Syria are predominantly Assyrian militias that have been formed since the start of the Syrian Civil War and the War in Iraq (2013-17). Although they are primarily composed of Assyrian fighters, they also include Arab and Armenian irregulars from Christian communities in Syria and Iraq.
The Syrian government was also interested in arming Christian militias, as these were generally loyal and relieved the hard-pressed Syrian Army. Christian units played a major role in the fighting for the Qalamoun Mountains 2013–14, where several important Christian centers are located, such as the towns of Maarounah and Yabroud, as well as ...
Iran has assisted in setting up and training Shia militias in Syria. [5] In Aleppo, some residents claimed that the Syrian Army organized a Christian militia during fighting there in August 2012. [6] In the Jdeideh quarter, the Christian militia was allegedly the first to fight against rebels. [7]
In control of most of Syria now is the Islamist armed rebel group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed Al Jolani – a man who had established al Qaeda’s ...
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian rebels advancing against government forces pushed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, rebels and a war monitor said, after their sudden capture of Aleppo ...
Watch a live view of Damascus, Syria, on Monday (9 December) after rebels toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Russia, a close ally that has propped up the regime for years, said Assad ...
Fact Check: The regime of long-time Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad was overthrown, with power being handed over to the Salvation Government, which is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), according to ...
The Syriac Security Office (Syriac: ܡܟܬܒܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanized: Mawtbo d'Sutoro Suryoyo, Arabic: سوتورو), commonly known as the Sutoro or the Sutoro Police, is a Assyrian Christian police force in Jazira Region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in Syria, where it works in concert with the general Asayish police force of the canton with the ...