Damascus Military Council

Damascus Revolutionary Military Council
المجلس العسكري الثوري بدمشق
Leaders
Dates of operation22 March 2012 – late 2013/early 2014 (defunct)[1]
Group(s)
  • Sword of al-Sham Brigades[5]
  • Levantine Jasmine Battalions[5]
  • Mujahideen of al-Sham Brigade[5]
  • Soldiers of God Battalions[4]
Active regions
IdeologyPluralism[6]
Part ofFree Syrian Army[1]
OpponentsSyrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Israel[2]
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Succeeded by
Southern Front

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]

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]

It condemned Israel in a statement on 9 May 2013.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Syrian rebels form 'military council' to conduct operations around Damascus". 22 March 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Statement of the Revolutionary Military Council in Damascus on the Israeli aggression". 9 May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ^ "The Southern Front, Part I". 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Defected woman general trains Syria's rebels". Al Jazeera English. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ^ 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]
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Suicide bombers strike outside Syrian military headquarters in Damascus". The Washington Post. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Al Nusrah front claims complex suicide assault on Syrian Army HQ". Long War Journal. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.


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