Revolutionary command army

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Revolutionary command army

Lineup May 20, 2015
Country Syria
Strength 300
commander
commander Mohanad al-Talaa

The Revolutionary Command Army ( Arabic جيش مغاوير الثورة Dschaisch Maghawir ath-Thawra , DMG Ǧaiš Maġāwīr aṯ-Ṯaura ), previously called the New Syrian Army , is a Syrian rebel group that emerged from deserters fromthe Syrian Arab Army and other rebels in the Syrian Civil War . Founded on May 20, 2015, it fought the Islamic State in southeastern Syria. With the help of the USA she became another member of the anti-IS campaign. In December 2016, the New Syrian Army disbanded and re-established itself under the name Revolutionary Command Army. The rebel group's allies include the United States , the United Kingdom , Norway and Jordan .

history

New Syrian Army

The New Syrian Army was founded on May 20, 2015 in al-Tanf , deployed in southeastern Syria, in the desert near Iraq and Jordan; their fighters were trained in Jordan. The army commander is Mohanad al-Talaa.

Revolutionary command army

On April 30, 2017, the Revolutionary Command Army launched an offensive into eastern Syria, reached the Deir ez-Zor governorate and captured the village of Humaymah. Two days later, the rebels attacked and captured several locations in the region, including Tarwazeh al-Wa'er, Sereit al-Wa'er, the T3 pumping station, Me'izeileh and Tarwazeh al-Attshaneh. On October 26, 2019, the US-led coalition announced that the Revolutionary Command Army had received 47 new recruits from a new basic training program. On December 27, 2019, several soldiers from Iranian militias in Al-Buamal, Syria, were killed and injured by a rocket attack by the Revolutionary Command Army in Badiyah, Syria.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ BBC Monitoring - Syria's New Army. March 11, 2016, archived from the original on March 11, 2016 ; accessed on August 24, 2019 .
  3. ^ Daniel Steinvorth: Jordan: The situation in refugee camps is coming to a head . January 23, 2019, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed on August 31, 2019]).
  4. ↑ The war against Syria can become a "new Afghanistan". In: Permanent audience conference of the public media e. V. Accessed on August 31, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Syrian rebel commander: 150 US troops at al-Tanf base. June 12, 2017, archived from the original on June 12, 2017 ; accessed on August 24, 2019 .
  6. ^ The Ghosts of the Desert: Fighting ISIS From Within - Conflict News. August 15, 2016, archived from the original on August 15, 2016 ; accessed on August 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ US-led Coalition: MaT still a vetted Syrian force, remains at At Tanf. September 29, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2019 (American English).
  8. ^ Department of Defense Press Briefing by Colonel Garver via teleconfere. Retrieved August 24, 2019 (American English).
  9. ↑ Our Foreign Staff: British special forces 'operating inside Syria alongside rebels' . In: The Telegraph . June 6, 2016, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed August 24, 2019]).
  10. ↑ Syrian rebel commander: 150 US troops at al-Tanf base. June 12, 2017, archived from the original on June 12, 2017 ; accessed on August 24, 2019 .
  11. ↑ heise online. Accessed August 31, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Ivan Yakovlev: US-backed militants advance deep inside ISIS-controlled Syrian desert. In: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. Retrieved May 2, 2017, August 24, 2019 (American English).
  13. ↑ As the US plans to keep a military presence in At Tanf in southern Syria, the US-led coalition @CJTFOIR says the At Tanf based & US-backed Maghaweir al-Thowra group graduated 47 recruits from "a newly revamped basic training program" taught in part by "US Army Green Berets" Al Tanf. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Iranian Soldiers killed. Retrieved December 27, 2019 .