Fatah Halab

Conquest of Aleppo[1]
Fatah Halab
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Active 26 April 2015 – present[2]
Area of operations Aleppo, Syria[3]
Strength 22,000[4]
Allies Ansar al-Sharia[5]
Mare' Operations Room[5]
Opponents

Syrian Armed Forces

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War

Fatah Halab (Arabic: فتح حلب, lit. Conquest of Aleppo), or Aleppo Conquest, is a joint operations room of Syrian rebel factions operating in Aleppo, Syria. Succeeding the Aleppo Liberation operations room,[7] its establishment was announced on 26 April 2015[1][2] Its stated aim is to "liberate" Aleppo City from Syrian regime forces.[8]

In an October 2015 publication, the Washington D.C.-based Institute for the Study of War considered Aleppo Conquest as one of the "powerbrokers" in Aleppo Province, being both "anti-regime" and "anti-ISIS."[8]

Member groups

The operations room includes both Western-backed groups[9] and Islamist groups. It includes some groups that also participate in the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia operations room, but not others, such as al-Nusra Front.[10] Previously al-Nusra coordinated with other groups through the Aleppo Operations Room, an arrangement that the US objected to.[11]

The number of groups participating increased after its founding, and by 18 June 2015 there were 31 groups.[7] On 28 July, 19 FSA-linked groups joined it.

As of October 2015 they are a total of 50 groups of varying size, the following are the largest groups that participate in the operations room:[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Masi, Alessandria (26 April 2015). "Syria’s coming battle for Aleppo: It's everybody against Assad and ISIS". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bisaccio, Derek (26 April 2015). "Aleppo city operation". Foreign Policy Talk. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Syria: Coming together to fight Assad in Aleppo". al-Araby al-Jadeed. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. "Rebels assault regime supply lines in Hama ahead of Aleppo showdown". Syria Direct. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Peto Lucem". Twitter.
  6. "YPG, allies clash with Syrian opposition groups in Aleppo". Middle East Eye. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Infographic: "Fatah Halab" military operations room – coalition of 31 rebel factions". Archicivilians. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  8. 1 2 Cafarella & Casagrande 2015, p. 3.
  9. "Syria military resists major rebel assault in Aleppo". BBC News. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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  11. Jamie Dettmer (January 27, 2015). "Exclusive: Obama Cuts Off Syrian Rebels’ Cash". The Daily Beast.
  12. Cafarella & Casagrande 2015, pp. 8–13
  13. https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/43ff4h/syrian_rebel_group_says_merges_with_others_to/
  14. https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/43atch/aleppo_bunch_of_groups_have_merged_into_faylaq/
  15. https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/3y0bfe/fsa_northern_division_tow_destroys_regime_t55_in/
  16. "BosnoSinj on Twitter". Twitter.
  17. "Free Syrian Army 46th Division Announces they will head to Aleppo". Reddit.

Sources

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