Ba'ath Brigades

Ba'ath Brigades
كتائب البعث
Ba'ath Brigades; كتائب البعث
	; Ba'ath Brigades SSI and Insignia; ; ; Ba'ath Brigades Flag
Founder	Hilal Hilal
Leaders	Jihad Barakat (1964–2018); Ra’ed al-Ghadban (?–2017); Mohammed Khaddour; Col. Salama Mohammed †; Bassem Sudan; Isam Nabhan Subai;
Dates of operation	Summer 2012 – September 2018
Headquarters	Aleppo
Active regions	Syria Aleppo Governorate; Damascus Governorate; Latakia Governorate; Tartus Governorate; As-Suwayda Governorate; Hasakah Governorate;
Ideology	Ba'athism
Size	7,000 claimed (December 2013)
Allies	Syrian Armed Forces; National Defense Forces
Opponents	Free Syrian Army; Islamic Front; al-Nusra Front; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) Operation Canopus Star; Operation Rainbow; Aleppo offensive (July 2015); Kuweires offensive; Aleppo offensive (October–November 2015); ; Siege of Northern Homs; Hama offensive (March–April 2017); 2018 Southern Syria offensive;

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The Ba'ath Brigades (Arabic: كتائب البعث, romanized: Katā'ib al-Baʿth), also known as the Ba'ath Battalions, were a volunteer militia made up of Syrian Ba'ath Party members, almost entirely of Sunni Muslims from Syria and many Arab countries, loyal to the Syrian Government of Bashar al-Assad.^[11]

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^ "Veteran Baath members establish pro-Assad militia to fight opposition". ARA News. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Senior leader of al-Baath Party Killed in #Syria". El-Dorar Al-Shamia. 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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^ "السويداء: "فاطميون" و"النمر" و"حزب الله" لقيادة معركة درعا" [As-Suwayda: Fatimion, Al-Nimr and Hezbollah to lead the battle of Daraa]. Almodon (in Arabic). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ Edward Dark (14 March 2014). "Pro-regime Sunni fighters in Aleppo defy sectarian narrative". Al Monitor. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

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[3] "Veteran Baath members establish pro-Assad militia to fight opposition". ARA News. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[Salama-4] "Senior leader of al-Baath Party Killed in #Syria". El-Dorar Al-Shamia. 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

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[8] Kurdish police attack Syrian gov’t forces in Hasakah City

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[10] "السويداء: "فاطميون" و"النمر" و"حزب الله" لقيادة معركة درعا" [As-Suwayda: Fatimion, Al-Nimr and Hezbollah to lead the battle of Daraa]. Almodon (in Arabic). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[SunniAleppo-11] Edward Dark (14 March 2014). "Pro-regime Sunni fighters in Aleppo defy sectarian narrative". Al Monitor. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

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Ba'ath Brigades كتائب البعث
Ba'ath Brigades SSI and Insignia Ba'ath Brigades Flag
Founder	Hilal Hilal
Leaders	Jihad Barakat (1964–2018)^[1] Ra’ed al-Ghadban (?–2017)^[2] Mohammed Khaddour^[3] Col. Salama Mohammed †^[4] Bassem Sudan^[5] Isam Nabhan Subai^[5]
Dates of operation	Summer 2012^[6] – September 2018 ^[1]
Headquarters	Aleppo
Active regions	Syria Aleppo Governorate Damascus Governorate Latakia Governorate Tartus Governorate As-Suwayda Governorate^[7] Hasakah Governorate^[8]
Ideology	Ba'athism
Size	7,000 claimed (December 2013)^[9]
Allies	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Forces
Opponents	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) Operation Canopus Star Operation Rainbow Aleppo offensive (July 2015) Kuweires offensive Aleppo offensive (October–November 2015) Siege of Northern Homs Hama offensive (March–April 2017) 2018 Southern Syria offensive^[10]