Arab Nationalist Guard الحرس القومي العربي | |
---|---|
Dates of operation | April 2013–present |
Headquarters | Sidon, Lebanon[1] |
Active regions | Western Syria |
Ideology | Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism Anti-Zionism Nasserism Anti-imperialism Secularism |
Size | 1,000 (May 2014)[2] |
Allies | Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Forces Hezbollah Ba'ath Brigades (until 2018) |
Opponents | Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Jaysh al-Islam Al-Nusra Front Israel |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War
|
The Arab Nationalist Guard (Arabic: الحرس القومي العربي) is a secular volunteer militia force operating in Syria. The group espouses an Arab nationalist ideology, gathering away from any sectarian, ethnic, or religious extremism. The Arab Nationalist Guard's membership includes nationalists from a variety of Arab countries.