The Mare' Operations Room (, ) was a joint

operations room A control room or operations room is a central space where a large physical facility or physically dispersed service can be monitored and controlled. It is often part of a larger command center. Overview A control room's purpose is prod ...

of armed Syrian rebel factions based around the town of

Mare' Mare' ( ''Māriʿ'', locally pronounced ''Mēreʿ''), also spelled Marea, is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Mare' nahiyah in the Azaz District. Located some 25 ...

in the

Azaz District Azaz District () is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769. The district lies between Afrin District to the west, Mount Sime ...

Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' ) is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the t ...

to fight against the

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied signi ...

History

The operations room was in conflict with the

People's Protection Units The People's Defense Units (YPG), also called People's Protection Units, is a libertarian socialist US-backed Kurds in Syria, Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The YPG mostl ...

and

Army of Revolutionaries The Army of Revolutionaries (), also known as ''Jaysh al-Thuwar'', is a multi-ethnic armed Syrian rebel coalition that is allied with the primarily Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and participating in the Syrian Civil War as part of th ...

, as part of the

Syrian Democratic Forces The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurds in Syria, Kurdish-led coalition of U.S.-backed Left-wing politics, left-wing ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Democratic Autonomous Administration ...

, from late November 2015 until early December 2015, when a truce was reached, though the Army of Revolutionaries refused to abide by it. At the end of December 2015, the Mare' Operations Room cancelled its agreement with the SDF after the latter captured a village from the former. In January 2016 the commander of the Mare' Operations Room, Major Yasser Abdul Rahim, who was also commander of the

Sham Legion The Sham Legion (, ''Faylaq al-Shām'' lit. Levant Legion) was an alliance of Sunni Islamist rebel groups formed in March 2014, during the Syrian Civil War. The alliance was formed from 19 different groups, some of which were previously affil ...

, resigned due to the lack of coordination between member groups of the operations room. Yasser continued to be the commander of

Fatah Halab Fatah Halab (), or Aleppo Conquest, was a joint operations room of Syrian rebel factions operating in and around Aleppo, Syria. Succeeding the Aleppo Liberation operations room, its establishment was announced on 26 April 2015. It stated that ...

after he moved to

Aleppo Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...

city. As a result, the operations room has become largely defunct. It was superseded by the

Hawar Kilis Operations Room The Hawar Kilis Operations Room (, ) is a Syrian rebel coalition formed in the village of Hawar Kilis in April 2016 in the northern Aleppo Governorate on the Syria–Turkey border. As part of the Syrian Train and Equip Program, many groups in ...

, established in April 2016.

Member groups

* Mountain Hawks Brigade *

Levant Front The Levant Front (, Jabhat al-Shamiyah, also translated as the Sham Front or the Levantine Front) was a Syrian revolutionary group based around Aleppo involved in the Syrian Civil War. It was formed in December 2014. The northern branch of th ...

Levant Revolutionaries Battalions The Levant Revolutionaries Battalions (LRB) is a faction in Syria during the Syrian civil war. History The group was formed by Naji Mustafa (a former commander in the Army of Mujahideen) as a split from the Levant Front, which he and others ...

Fastaqim Union The Fastaqim Kama Umirt Union () is a rebel group active during the Syrian Civil War. History Operations of the main faction The Fastaqim Union takes its name from a Quranic verse, and was founded as an "Islamist umbrella movement" of pro- ...

* Descendants of Saladin Brigade *

Al-Mu'tasim Brigade The Mu'tasim Division (), formerly the Mutasim Brigade (), is a Free Syrian Army faction active in the northern Aleppo Governorate, based in the town of Mare'. The group was named after al-Mu'tasim (r. 833–842), an Abbasid caliph. Ideology Th ...

* Victory Brigades *

Sultan Murad Division The Sultan Murad Division (; ''Firqat al-Sultan Murad''; ) is a Syrian Turkmen rebel group fighting in the Syrian Civil War. It is aligned with the Syrian Interim Government and heavily supported by Turkey, who provides funding and military t ...

Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade Syrian Turkmen Brigades (; ), also called the United Turkmen Army (; ), are an informal armed opposition structure composed of Syrian Turkmen that form the military wing of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly, primarily fighting against the Syrian Ar ...

* Free Syria Brigade * Elite Islamic Battalion

References

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History

Member groups

See also

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