Free Palestine Movement

Free Palestine Movement
حركة فلسطين حرة
Leaders
  • Yasser Qashlaq (political leader)
  • Saed Abd Al-Aal (military commander)[1]
Dates of operationc. 2003 – present
Group(s)
Active regionsPalestine, Syria, Lebanon
IdeologyPalestinian nationalism[2][3]
Anti-Zionism[2]
AlliesSyria Syrian Armed Forces
Fatah al-Intifada
OpponentsSyrian opposition Syrian opposition and allied mujahideen
 Islamic State
 Israel
Battles and warsIsraeli–Palestinian conflict

Syrian Civil War

The Free Palestine Movement (Arabic: حركة فلسطين حرة) is a Palestinian Syrian armed movement and community organization that is led by the businessman Yasser Qashlaq and supports the Ba'athist government of Syria. The organization opposes the existence of Israel, and was mostly known for political activism and social services in favor of Palestinians in Syria and the Gaza Strip before 2012. Upon the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, however, the Free Palestine Movement formed its own militias and has since then openly fought for the Syrian government against various rebel groups.

  1. ^ "Reports that agreement between armed opposition factions and Syrian regime "Al-Qadam" has started". Action Group for Palestinians of Syria. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Tom Rollins (19 July 2017). "Palestinian-Syrian Militarization in Yarmouk". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Yasser Qashlaq, a Lebanese Flotilla Organizer, on Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV: I Hope Our Ships Will 'Carry These Dregs of European Garbage Back to Their Own Countries' From Israel". Middle East Media Research Institute. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2018.