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Al-Khan Massacre
The 2015 al-Hawl offensive was an offensive launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during the Syrian Civil War, in order to capture the strategic town of al-Hawl and the surrounding countryside from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The offensive consisted of separate operations in three different areas: Tell Brak, al-Hawl, and the southern al-Hasakah city countryside. Background The offensive Al-Hawl The offensive was launched on 31 October 2015. During the first week of the offensive, SDF forces captured a number of villages and other positions from ISIL near Al-Hawl, and to the southeast of Al-Hasakah city. ISIL responded by detonating a number of VBIED's. One of those VBIED's targeted an SDF convoy, killing and wounding dozens of fighters. A Canadian SDF fighter was among the SDF casualties that week. He was first reported to have been killed by an ISIL suicide bomber in a farm that was contested. However, it was later reported that he died due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Abu Amjad
, birth_date = , death_date = , image = Adnan Abu Amjad al-Hawl.png , birth_place = Manbij, Syria , death_place = Raqqa, Syria , birth_name = Adnan Abdul Aziz Ahmed ( ar, عدنان عبد العزيز أحمد) , allegiance = Syrian opposition (2012–2013)Rojava (2013–2017) , branch = Free Syrian Army (2012–2017) Syrian Democratic Forces (2015–2017) * Manbij Military Council , serviceyears = 2012–2017 , rank = , commands = Commander-in-chief of the Manbij Military Council (2016–2017) Deputy commander of the Northern Sun Battalion (2014–2017) , unit = * Kurdish Front (2013–2014) * Northern Sun Battalion (2014–2017) , battles = Syrian civil war * Battle of Aleppo * Al-Qusayr offensive ** Battle of al-Qusayr (2013) * Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War * Rojava–Islamist conflict ** Siege of Kobanî ** Tell Abyad offensive ** 2015 al-Hawl offensive ** Tishrin Dam offensive ** Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016) ** Manbij offensiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces
The Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces ( syc, ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܕܢܫ̈ܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ, translit=Ḥaylawotho d'Sutoro d'Neshe d'Beth Nahrin; HSNB) is an all-female Assyrian military and police organization based in al-Qahtaniyah, al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. HSNB was set up as a female brigade of the Syriac Military Council and assumes guard roles in areas where Assyrians reside. HSNB includes military & police forces. The police section of HSNB has offices in Gozarto, likewise for the military section, academies & military points. History The Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces was formed on the first day of September 2015. During the announcement of the formation, the group declared that it will fight under the guidance of the Syriac Union Party, ally with the Assyrian group Sutoro, and "improve the values of Syriac people, women’s rights and to act with solidarity with other nations’ women and to struggle against the reactionarism." On 6 Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
