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Siege Of Nubl And Al-Zahraa
The siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa during the Syrian civil war was laid by rebels to capture two Syrian government-held towns north of Aleppo, after they had 2012 Aleppo Governorate clashes, seized most of the northern countryside in July 2012. The siege was lifted on 3 February 2016, as a result of a Syrian government Northern Aleppo offensive (2016), offensive. Background 2012 Aleppo Governorate clashes, Fighting in the Aleppo Governorate began on 10 February 2012. Over the next five months, major clashes left large parts of the rural countryside under rebel control, while the provincial capital, Aleppo city, remained firmly under government control. On 19 July 2012, rebel forces stormed the city and the battle for Aleppo began, which reached a stalemate by September that dragged on over the following years, with the city divided between the two opposing forces. Siege The majority-Shia Islam, Shiite towns of Nubl and al-Zahraa, with a combined population of 35,000–60,000, wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conquest Brigade
, war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Conquest Brigade logo.jpg , image_size = 200px , caption = Logo of the militia , active = 2012 – ''present'' , ideology = Sunni Islamism *Salafi jihadism Syrian nationalism , leaders = 1st Lt. Rifaat Khalil Maj. Anas Ibrahim () Col. Haytham Darwish () Muhammad Hijazi () Capt. Ismail Nadef () Abu Yahya Qalandar , clans = , headquarters = Tell Rifaat (2012–16) , area = Northern Syria *Aleppo Governorate *Raqqa Governorate () *Hasakah Governorate () , size = , partof = Free Syrian Army * TFSA's 3rd Legion Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Fatah Halab () Ahrar al-Sham Levant Front , predecessor = , successor = , split = , allies = Al-Tawhid Brigade Al-Nusra Front Jabhat al-Akrad , opponents = Syrian Democratic Forces Hezbollah , battles = Syrian Civil W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Zahraa
Al-Zahraa ( ar, الزهراء, az-Zahrāʾ) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Tell Rifaat and Mayer to the northeast and Anadan to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Zahraa had a population of 13,780 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. Al-Zahraa has a predominantly po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quwat Al-Ridha
The Al-Ridha Forces ( ar, قوات الرضا, ''Quwwat ar-Riḍā'') are a Hezbollah-trained and organized pro-government Syrian militia. Its members belong to Syria's small Twelver Shia community, mainly from the Homs region. Its name refers to Shia Imam Ali al-Ridha Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا, Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the e ... References {{Militant Islamism Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war Pro-government factions of the Syrian civil war Military units and formations established in 2013 2013 establishments in Syria Anti-ISIL factions in Syria Shia Islamist groups Syrian Shia organizations Hezbollah Jihadist groups in Syria Axis of Resistance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imam Al-Mahdi Scouts
The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts ( ar, , Kashafat al-Imam al-Mahdi) is a youth movement that was established in Lebanon on 5 May 1985 by the political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah. It is named for Muhammad al-Mahdi. The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts became a member of the Lebanese Scouting Federation and thus of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1998. The organization has about 100,000 members of both genders between the ages of 8-16 organized into 500 local groups. Program Activities include camping, community service projects such as helping the disabled and cleaning places of worship, computing, fishing, team sports, boxing, reading classes, learning administrative skills, learning about Islam and protecting the environment. The organization is divided in three sections according to age (youngest to oldest): * Cubs * Scouts * Rangers Translated into English, the Scout motto is "Together to Serve". Emblem and uniform The previous emblem of the Imam al-Mahdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Air Force
" Air March" , mascot = , anniversaries = 12 August , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , battle_honours = , battle_honours_label = , flying_hours = , website = , commander1 = President Vladimir Putin , commander1_label = Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Defence Forces , commander2 = Army General Sergei Surovikin , commander2_label = Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces , commander3 = Lieutenant general , commander3_label = Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force , notable_commanders = , identification_symbol = , identification_symbol_label = Flag , identification_symbol_2 = , identification_symbol_4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two million reserve personnel. Their branches consist of the Ground Forces, the Navy, and the Aerospace Forces, as well as three independent arms of service: the Strategic Rocket Forces, the Airborne Forces, and the Special Operations Forces. In 2021, Russia had the world's fifth-highest military expenditure at . The Russian Armed Forces possess the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons. They operate the second-largest fleet of ballistic missile submarines, and are one of only three national militaries (alongside those of the United States and China) that operate strategic bombers. With certain exceptions, Russian law mandates one year of military service for all male citizens aged 18–27, though conscripts are generally not depl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Republic Of Iran Air Force
, patron = , motto = , "Skyhigh is my place" , colours = Ultramarine blue , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = 8 February (Air Force Day) , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = * Anglo-Soviet invasion * Joint Operation Arvand * Dhofar War * Iran–Iraq War * Syrian Civil War * Military intervention against ISIS , decorations = , battle_honours = , battle_honours_label = , flying_hours = , website = , commander1 = Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei , commander1_label = Commander-in-Chief , commander2 = Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi , commander2_label = Commander of the Air Force , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, founded after the Iranian Revolution on 22 April 1979 by order of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.IISS Military Balance 2006, Routledge for the IISS, London, 2006, p. 187 Whereas the Iranian Army defends Iranian borders and maintains internal order, according to the Iranian constitution, the Revolutionary Guard is intended to protect the country's Islamic republic political system, which supporters believe includes preventing foreign interference and coups by the military or "deviant movements". The IRGC is designated as a terrorist organization by the governments of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United States. As of 2011, the Revolutionary Guards had at least 250,000 military personnel including ground, aerosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran
Armed (May, 1941–1964) was an American Thoroughbred gelding race horse who was the American Horse of the Year in 1947 and Champion Older Male Horse in both 1946 and 1947. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1963. Background Armed was sired by the great stakes winner Bull Lea, the sire of Citation. His dam was Armful, whose sire was Belmont Stakes winner Chance Shot and whose grandsire was the great Fair Play. Besides being small for his age and very headstrong, Armed had the habits of biting and kicking hay out of his handler's pitchfork. Since he was also practically untrainable, his trainer, Ben A. Jones, sent him back to Calumet Farm to be gelded and turned out to grow up. He returned to the track late in his two-year-old season and resumed training. Racing career His first start was as a three-year-old the following February, and he won at Hialeah Park by eight lengths. He won again less than a week later but then won only once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Air Force
) , mascot = , anniversaries = 16 October , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = * 1948 Arab-Israeli War * Six-Day War * Yom Kippur War * 1982 Lebanon War * Syrian Civil War , decorations = , battle_honours = , battle_honours_label = , flying_hours = , website = , commander1 = President Bashar al-Assad , commander1_label = Commander-in-Chief , commander2 = General Issam Hallaq , commander2_label = Chief of Air Staff , notable_commanders = , identification_symbol = , identification_symbol_label = Roundel , identification_symbol_2 = , identification_symbol_2_label = Fin flash , identification_symbol_3 = , identification_symbol_3_label = Flag , aircraft_attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baqir Brigade
The Baqir Brigade (''Liwa al-Baqir'', sometimes also ''Liwa al-Imam al-Baqir'' or ''Fawj al-Imam Baqir''), named after Shia Islam, Shia Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, is a Syrian loyalist militia originating in the Aleppo Governorate that fights in the Syrian Civil War. One of the most prominent and largest pro-government militias from the Aleppo area and part of the "Local Defence Forces" network, the Baqir Brigade mostly consists of tribesmen from the al-Baggara tribe that traditionally supported the rule of the al-Assad family despite being mostly Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim. Though the militia's fighters thus come from a largely Sunni background, many of them have converted to or are at least strongly influenced by Shia Islam. Indeed, the Baqir Brigade has been noted for its strong connections to the Lebanon, Lebanese Hezbollah, Iran, and various Private militias in Iraq, Iraqi Shia militias, and is thus generally considered to be a Shia or "Shi'ified" fighting force. History Foundat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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