Syriac Military Council
Syriac Military Council | |
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ܡܘܬܒܐ ܦܘܠܚܝܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ Mawtbo Fulhoyo Suryoyo | |
Leaders | |
Dates of operation | 8 January 2013–Present |
Allegiance | Syriac Union Party |
Group(s) | Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces Special Forces unit[6] |
Active regions | Al-Hasakah Governorate Raqqa Governorate Nineveh Governorate, Iraq Gozarto Region |
Ideology | Dawronoye |
Size | 2,000+ (2015)[7] c. 3,000+ (2017 estimate)[8] |
Part of | Syrian Democratic Forces |
Allies | Syrian Civil War
Iraqi Civil War
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Flag | |
Website | https://twitter.com/SyriacMFS |
The Syriac Military Council (
On 16 December 2013, the Syriac Military Council announced the foundation of a new Military Academy named "Martyr Abgar".[14][15] On December 24, the MFS released photographs showing its members in control of the Assyrian village of Ghardukah, located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of
History
Tell Brak & Tel Hamis operations (2013–14)
The MFS was a part of a YPG-led offensive against
June 2014 Syria–Iraq border offensive
MFS, along with YPG forces, participated in an offensive along the
August 2014 Sinjar offensive
The MFS, along with YPG forces and other allies, participated in an offensive against the Islamic State in the district of Sinjar in Iraq's province of Nineveh, to rescue 35,000 Yazidis in the Sinjar Mountains after the Sinjar massacre.[24]
Khabur Valley operations (2015–16)
the Islamic State launched a series of attacks in late February 2015 against Christian villages in the
On 11 October 2015, the Syriac Military Council became one of the founding groups in the
On 16 February 2016, the Shaddadi offensive was launched by the SDF, which resulted in the SDF capture of the town and hundreds of other villages. During the offensive, ISIL released 42 Assyrian hostages they abducted during the Eastern al-Hasakah offensive in February 2015.[30]
Raqqa (2016–17)
The Syriac Military Council along with the Bethnahrin Women's Protection Forces took part in the SDF's campaign to capture Raqqa from ISIL, declaring that "the fight against terrorism is the fight for existence of our Syriac–Assyrian people and we cannot rest until this fight is won."[31] As of January 2017, 6 MFS fighters were killed during the Raqqa campaign.[32][33]
On 22 January 2017, the
2018
On 20 January 2018, Kino Gabriel, the spokesman for the Syria Military Council was also made the spokesman for the
2019
The MFS fought in the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, the last phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign against ISIL.[40]
Syriac-Assyrian Military Council
On 6 July 2019, the MFS and
Flags
See also
- Bethnahrain Women's Protection Forces
- Sutoro
- Sootoro
- Khabour Guards
- Nattoreh
- Syriac Union Party (Syria)
- European Syriac Union
- Dawronoye
- Nineveh Plain Forces
- Nineveh Plain Protection Units
- List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
- Qaraqosh Protection Committee
References
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- ^ a b c Anna Varfolomeeva (31 January 2018). "Syriac Military Council plans imminent deployment to defend "our democratic project" in Efrin". The Defense Post. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Ten years of Syriac Military Council. MFS spokesman Matay Hanna says fight against terrorism and struggle for self-determination and full rights for Syriacs and all peoples of Syria will continue". 8 January 2023.
- ^ "20 Minuten - Schweizer Christen kämpfen gegen den IS - News". 20 Minuten. 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Bürgerkrieg in Syrien: Schweizer Scharfschütze". ZEIT ONLINE. 24 October 2014.
- ^ "#Syriac Military Council, MFS also is sending special forces as reinforcements with the SDF amid ongoing hard battle against ISIS in the various fronts in the Deir ez Zor region for the total liberation of the area and safety of the population with @coalition & @CENTCOM.pic.twitter.com/qbQlPVeZnZ". October 29, 2018.
- ^ "Syrien: Christen lassen sich von IS nicht vertreiben". Die Welt. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ Rashid (2018), p. 53.
- ^ a b MFS Media Center (7 July 2019). "بيان تأسيس المجلس العسكري السرياني الاشوري ، إتحاد MFS و MNK". Youtube. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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- ^ "The Academy Martyr Abgar (Sohdo Abgar) of Syriac Military Council was founded!". YouTube. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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- ^ "Martha Vergili-Hobil on Twitter: "Mor Malke in Gharduka is destroyed by El-Nusra. El-Nusra has fled & the village is now controlled by the MFS #syriac". Twitter.
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- ^ "Syrian Kurds take town from Islamists: watchdog". Reuters. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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- ^ "Video: YPG and MFS arrived in Shingal Mountains Sinjar to protect the refugees who fled from Shingal and other Towns". Frequency. Archived from the original on 2014-08-09.
- ^ "Assyrian Christian leaders call for help against renewed ISIS offensive in Hassakeh". Christian Today. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Christian Area in Northeast Syria Said to Be Under Heavy ISIS Assault". 7 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "ISIS Crosses River in New Attacks on Assyrian Villages in Syria". 7 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "MFS and YPG liberated the church [of Tel Mghas] and are present there now". 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ Siber Haji and Qehreman Miste (21 November 2015). "War on ISIS unites Syrian Kurds, Arabs and Christians". ARA News. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Qehreman Miste (23 February 2016). "ISIS releases 42 Christian hostages northeast Syria". ARA News. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ "SDF marching on Raqqa is mix of ethnicities, religions, genders". Rudaw. 7 November 2016.
- ^ "FIVE FIGHTERS OF THE SYRIAC MILITARY COUNCIL HAVE FALLEN AS MARTYRS IN RAQQA". Syriac International News Agency. 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Kurds confirm death of third US volunteer as part of Raqqa campaign". ARA News. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "ESU: URGENT APPEAL AFTER MANY CHRISTIANS FELL IN THE STRUGGLE TO LIBERATE RAQQA". European Syriac Union. 22 January 2017.
- ^ "MFS: WE ASK THE US FOR EQUAL SUPPORT AS IS GIVEN TO THE ARABS". Syriac Military Council. 3 April 2017.
- ^ "Syriac commander: Our forces effectively participate in al-Jazeera Tempest". Hawar News Agency. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018.
- ^ "We are honored to share new information of MFS Spokesperson Kino Gabriel is newly appointed as Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF Spokesperson. We congratulate him and wish him all success in this new duty". January 20, 2018.
- ^ Leith Aboufadel (29 January 2018). "Breaking: Assyrian militia sends reinforcements to defend Afrin". al-Masdar News (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "#Breaking: As we have announced previously, fighters of #Syriac Military Council, #MFS reached their front and position in the ongoing #Afrin battle to the support of SDF forces against Turkish & allies attacks and protect population of the area. #Syriapic.twitter.com/hawi3QD7j4". February 7, 2018.
- ^ Jared Szuba (29 March 2019). "ISIS's 'caliphate' was crushed. Now Syria's Kurd-led alliance faces bigger battles". Defense Post. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ SyriacMilitaryMFS (8 July 2019). "English statement of the formation of Syriac-Assyrian Military Council in Khabour region by Khabour Guards and Syriac Military Council, MFS". Twitter. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Süryani Askeri Meclisi Sözcüsü: Güçlerimiz halkının büyük desteği ile kuruldu - Hawarnews Türkçe Sayfası".
- ^ Touzeau, Olivier. "Syriac Military Council (Syria)". FOTW. CRW Flags. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Syriac flags adorn the city of Hasaka". Syriac Military Council. 20 March 2017.
Works cited
- Rashid, Bedir Mulla (2018) [1st pub. 2017]. Military and Security Structures of the Autonomous Administration in Syria. Translated by Obaida Hitto. Istanbul: Omran for Strategic Studies. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01.