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The Fastaqim Kama Umirt Union (lit) is a rebel group active during the Syrian Civil War.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 38 relations: Ahrar al-Sham, Al-Bab, Al-Monitor, Al-Nusra Front, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate, Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016), Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016), Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016), Christianity in Syria, Enab Baladi, Fatah Halab, Flag of Syria, Free Syrian Army, Hawar Kilis Operations Room, Hijab, Idlib, Idlib Governorate, Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war, Islamic State, Islamism, Levant Front, List of armed factions in the Syrian Civil War, Mujahideen Army (Syria), Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016), Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, Operation Euphrates Shield, Operation Olive Branch, Salaheddine District, Syrian Armed Forces, Syrian Army, Syrian civil war, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian National Army, Syrian Revolutionary Command Council, The Times, 23rd Division (Syrian rebel group).

  2. Military units and formations disestablished in 2017

Ahrar al-Sham

Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya (lit), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition of multiple Islamist units that coalesced into a single brigade and later a division in order to fight against the Syrian Government led by Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian Civil War. Fastaqim Union and Ahrar al-Sham are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Al-Bab

Al-Bab (الْبَاب / ALA-LC: al-Bāb) is a city, de jure administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate of the Syrian Arab Republic.

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Al-Monitor

Al-Monitor is a news website launched in 2012 by the Arab-American entrepreneur Jamal Daniel.

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Al-Nusra Front

Al-Nusra Front, also known as Front for the Conquest of the Levant, was a Salafi jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War. Fastaqim Union and al-Nusra Front are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria and Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Aleppo

Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria.

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Aleppo Governorate

Aleppo Governorate (محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab /) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria.

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Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)

The Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016), code named Operation Dawn of Victory by government forces, was a successful military offensive launched by the Syrian Armed Forces and allied groups against rebel-held districts in Aleppo.

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Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016)

The Aleppo offensive of October–November 2016, named the "Battle of the Hero Martyr Abu Omar Saraqib" by the Army of Conquest, refers to a military operation launched on the western outskirts of Aleppo at the end of October 2016 by rebel forces in Syria, against the Syrian government forces and its allies.

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Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)

The Battle of Aleppo (Maʿrakat Ḥalab) was a major military confrontation in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, between the Syrian opposition (including the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other largely-Sunni groups, such as the Levant Front and the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front) against the Syrian government, supported by Hezbollah, Shia militias and Russia, and against the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units (YPG).

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Christianity in Syria

Christians in Syria made up about 10% of the pre-war Syrian population.

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Enab Baladi

Enab Baladi (lit) is a Syrian nonprofit media organization that publishes a newspaper with the same name, in Arabic and English.

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Fatah Halab

Fatah Halab (lit), or Aleppo Conquest, was a joint operations room of Syrian rebel factions operating in and around Aleppo, Syria. Fastaqim Union and Fatah Halab are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria and Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Flag of Syria

As a result of the Syrian Civil War since 2011, there are at least two flags used to represent Syria, used by different factions in the war.

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Free Syrian Army

The Free Syrian Army (FSA; al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces. Fastaqim Union and Free Syrian Army are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria and Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Hawar Kilis Operations Room

The Hawar Kilis Operations Room (غرفة عمليات حوار كلس, Havar Kilis Operasyon Odası) 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. Fastaqim Union and Hawar Kilis Operations Room are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria and Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Hijab

In modern usage, hijab (translit) generally refers to various head coverings conventionally worn by many Muslim women.

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Idlib

Idlib (ʾIdlib,; also spelt Idleb or Edlib) is a city in northwestern Syria, and is the capital of the Idlib Governorate.

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Idlib Governorate

Idlib Governorate (مُحافظة ادلب / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Idlib) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria.

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Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war

The inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War has continued throughout the Syrian Civil War as factions of the Syrian opposition and Free Syrian Army have fought each other, with shifting alliances among various Islamist factions such as Jabhat al Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam and the Islamic Front.

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Islamic State

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 by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.

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Islamism

Islamism (also often called political Islam) refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements.

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Levant Front

The Levant Front (al-Jabhat aš-Šāmiyya, Jabhat al-Shamiyah, also translated as the Sham Front or the Levantine Front) is a Syrian rebel group based around Aleppo involved in the Syrian Civil War. Fastaqim Union and Levant Front are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria, Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war and Free Syrian Army.

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List of armed factions in the Syrian Civil War

A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the Syrian civil war (2011–present) as belligerents.

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Mujahideen Army (Syria)

The Mujahideen Army (جيش المجاهدين, Jaysh al-Mujahideen) was a Sunni Islamist rebel group formed in order to fight the Syrian government and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Syrian Civil War. Fastaqim Union and Mujahideen Army (Syria) are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria, Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war, Free Syrian Army and military units and formations disestablished in 2017.

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Muslim Brotherhood in Syria

The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (translit) is a Syrian branch of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organization. Fastaqim Union and Muslim Brotherhood in Syria are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016)

The Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016) was a series of military operations launched by Syrian opposition forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and vice versa in the northern Aleppo Governorate, near the Syria–Turkey border, the city of Azaz and the town of Mare'.

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Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement

The Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement (حركة نور الدين الزنكي Ḥaraka Nūr ad-Dīn az-Zankī) was a Sunni Islamist rebel group involved in the Syrian Civil War. Fastaqim Union and Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria and Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war.

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Operation Euphrates Shield

Operation Euphrates Shield (Fırat Kalkanı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces in the Syrian Civil War which led to the Turkish occupation of northern Syria. Operations were carried out in the region between the Euphrates river to the east and the rebel-held area around Azaz to the west.

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Operation Olive Branch

Operation Olive Branch (Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and Syrian National Army (SNA) in the majority-Kurdish Afrin District of northwest Syria, against the People's Protection Units (YPG) of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

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Salaheddine District

Salaheddine District (Ḥayy Ṣalāḥu d-Dīn) is a district in the southern part of the city of Aleppo, Syria.

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Syrian Armed Forces

The Syrian Arab Armed Forces (SAAF; al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah) are the military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic.

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Syrian Army

The Syrian Army (SyA or SA), officially the Syrian Arab Army (SyAA or SAA) (al-Jayš al-ʿArabī as-Sūrī), is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces.

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Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.

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Syrian Democratic Forces

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurdish-led coalition formed by ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). Fastaqim Union and Syrian Democratic Forces are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria.

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Syrian National Army

The Syrian National Army (SNA; al-Jayš al-Waṭanī as-Sūrī), previously the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and also known as the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA), is a coalition of armed Syrian opposition groups in the Syrian Civil War. Fastaqim Union and Syrian National Army are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria, Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war and Free Syrian Army.

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Syrian Revolutionary Command Council

The Syrian Revolutionary Command Council (Majlis Qiyādat ath-Thawra as-Sūriyya) was an alliance of 72 Syrian rebels factions involved in the Syrian Civil War and remained active throughout 2015. Fastaqim Union and Syrian Revolutionary Command Council are Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war and Free Syrian Army.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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23rd Division (Syrian rebel group)

The 23rd Division (الفرقة 23) or 16th Infantry Division (الفرقة 16 مشاة) was a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army. Fastaqim Union and 23rd Division (Syrian rebel group) are Anti-ISIL factions in Syria, Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war and Free Syrian Army.

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See also

Military units and formations disestablished in 2017

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastaqim_Union

Also known as Fastaqim Kama Umirt.