Syrian Revolutionary Command Council

Syrian Revolutionary Command Council
مجلس قيادة الثورة السورية
Leaders
  • Qais Abdullah Sheikh
    (president)
  • Lt. Gen. Hajj Ali
    (military leader)
  • Mohammed Alloush
    (political leader)[1]
Dates of operation3 August 2014[2][better source needed] – late 2015
Group(s)Free Syrian Army

Other groups

Former groups (dissolved)

Active regionsSyria
OpponentsSyrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Syrian Revolutionary Command Council (Arabic: مجلس قيادة الثورة السورية, romanized: Majlis Qiyādat ath-Thawra as-Sūriyya) was an alliance of 72 Syrian rebels factions[3] involved in the Syrian Civil War and remained active throughout 2015.

The aim of the council was to increase the coordination and unity between the different groups, with the council planned to be divided into regional fronts that will be led by councils made up of representatives from the different factions, similar to how the Free Syrian Army was structured.[4] The signatories represent both secular and Islamist groups; however al-Qaeda's al-Nusra Front and some of its allies were excluded.[5] Initially Ahrar ash-Sham was also excluded, however the group did join the alliance in mid August 2014.[6] The group announced its charter on 4 October 2014.[7] It held its first formal meeting in Gaziantep, Turkey on 29 November 2014.[3]

  1. ^ "PT: Command Council President is Qais Abdullah Sheikh, Political leader is Mohammed Alloush, Military leader is Lt. Gen. Hajj Ali". Twitter. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Translation: the Formation of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council". Goha's Nail. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b Alhamadee, Mousab (29 November 2014). "Islamists come out on top in new effort to unify Syrian rebel groups". McClatchy DC. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. ^ "New alliance could signal end of Islamic Front". As-Safir. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Opposition backers strengthen jihadists by shunning moderate Islamists". The National (Abu Dhabi). 5 August 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Syria's Ahrar al-Sham Leadership Wiped Out in Bombing". Carnegie Endowment of International Peace. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  7. ^ Lund, Aaron (1 December 2014). "Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center". Retrieved 19 April 2024.