The Front for the Liberation of the Golan is a guerrilla organization formed by
Syria in July 2006 shortly after the
2006 Lebanon War, viewed by Syria as a victory by
Hezbollah over Israel. Its aim is to recover the
Golan Heights
The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between di ...
from
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
through a military campaign. The force is trained by
Hezbollah, which in turn was trained by
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
It is made up of hundreds of Syrian volunteers and
Palestinian refugees
Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country over the course of the 1947–49 Palestine war (1948 Palestinian exodus) and the Six-Day War (1967 Palestinian exodu ...
living in the
Damascus area.
References
Arab militant groups
Golan Heights
Guerrilla organizations
Hezbollah
History of Quneitra Governorate
Iran–Syria relations
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
National liberation armies
Paramilitary organizations based in Syria
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