Jaysh al-Salam
| Jaysh al-Salam Army of Peace | |
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جيش السلام Participant in the Syrian Civil War | |
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A Toyota Hilux belonging to the Tahrir Brigade, Jaish al-Salam's former main subgroup in the Raqqa Governorate | |
| Active | 23 June 2015—late 2015/early 2016 |
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| Leaders |
Abdul Karim Obeid ("Abu Mohammed Kafr Zita")  [3] |
| Headquarters | Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, Syria |
| Area of operations | |
| Part of | Free Syrian Army |
| Allies | |
| Opponents | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Battles and wars | |
Jaysh al-Salam (Arabic: جيش السلام, lit. 'Army of Peace') was an operations room of Free Syrian Army factions that operates in northern and eastern Syria with the goal to attack IS in Raqqa. Components of the group later joined the Syrian Democratic Forces throughout 2016.[5]
As of the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016, the collation appeared to be defunct. It was superseded by various other groups and military councils within the SDF.[6]
Groups
Liwa Ahrar al-Raqqa
The Jihad in the Path of God Brigade (Arabic: لواء الجهاد في سبيل الله, translit. Liwa al-Jihad fi Sabeel Allah) is a rebel group that operated in eastern Aleppo Governorate. It was formed as a subunit of Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa in September 2012, but later left the group.[7] It fought the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the eastern Aleppo province.[8] The group acknowledges the Syrian opposition-in-exile government the Syrian National Council and the Supreme Military Council.[8] The Jihad in the Path of God Brigade was a founding member group of the Euphrates Volcano operations room formed in September 2014.[9]
The group was later renamed as Liwa Ahrar al-Raqqa (Arabic: لواء أحرار الرقة, translit. Free Raqqa Brigade), which then joined the Syrian Democratic Forces in March 2016.[2]
Liberation Brigade
Liwa al-Tahrir or the Liberation Brigade (Arabic: لواء التحرير) is a FSA-affiliated rebel group that was formed in the city of Ras al-Ayn, part of the northern Hasakah Governorate, in September 2014. Led by major general Abdul Karim Obeid, also known as Abu Mohammed Kafr Zita, a former commander of the Farouq Brigades, the group joined the Euphrates Volcano operations room in coordination with the YPG soon after its formation.[3] In mid-2015 Liwa al-Tahrir participated in the Tell Abyad offensive and jointly controlled the border crossing with Akçakale.[4]
In early June 2016 the Tahrir Brigade's commander, Abdul Karim Obeid, attended and spoke at the funeral of Abu Layla, who was killed during the Manbij offensive, in Kobane.[10]
In September 2016 tensions flared up between the YPG and Liwa al-Tahrir due to the perceived marginalization of FSA and Arab components of the Syrian Democratic Forces, while SDF sources suggested he was displeased with the civil administration of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria replacing warlordist political rule in the Free Syrian Army style.[11] Liwa al-Tahrir also refused to fight the Turkish Armed Forces and its allies during the Jarabulus offensive. In a video message to the United States, the group's commander, Abdul Karim Obeid, called for the SDF to be reformed into a united army under the authority of the United States Central Command and threatened to leave the SDF and withdraw from Tell Abyad if the YPG continued to dominate the coalition.[12] As a response, the YPG imposed a blockade on the villages controlled by the group. Hours later, Abdul Karim Obeid and dozens of his fighters crossed from Tell Abyad into Turkey and defected to the Turkish Army.[13] 25 to 50 of them arrived in Jarabulus and defected to pro-Turkish rebels fighting the SDF, the remaining fighters stayed with the SDF.[14]
See also
References
- ↑ "Thomas van Linge on Twitter".
- 1 2 "FSA in the city of Ras al-Ayn of Hasaka". ARA News. 13 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Border gate taken under control by YPG/YPJ and Liwa Al-Tahrir forces". ANF News. 15 June 2015.
- ↑ "What platoons are participating in freeing Raqqa campaign?". Hawar News Agency. 25 May 2016.
- ↑ Роша, Коуди (17 November 2016). "Syrian Opposition group infographics [updates]".
- ↑ "Syrian Civil War factions".
- 1 2 "The Factions of Raqqa Province". Syria Comment. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "YPG and FSA set up 'Joint Action Centre'". Firat News. 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "Kobani deposited battalion commander Shams Abu Leila North". Al-Etihad Press. 7 June 2016.
- ↑ http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/09/turkey-syria-intervention-wreck-arab-kurdish-alliance.html
- ↑ "Tensions between the Liberation Brigade and the Syrian Democratic Forces". Arabi 21. 2 September 2016.
- ↑ @Step_Agency1 (1 September 2016). "Abo mohamad kaferzita , the leader of tahrir brigade, just entered #turky with some of his soldiers, and surrender to turkish army. N #Raqqa" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Liberation Brigade defected in Jarabulus". Baladi News. 2 September 2016.
