Daraa Military Council Explained

Daraa Military Council
Native Name Lang:Ar
War:the Syrian Civil War
Active:2012-?
Leaders:Colonel Ahmad Al-Nemeh[1]
Area:Daraa Governorate
Clans:
Partof:Free Syrian Army
Southern Front
Opponents:Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Jabhat al-Nusra
Battles:Syrian Civil War

The Daraa Military Council was a rebel coalition active in Daraa Governorate. The Daraa MC was the dominant rebel organization in Daraa Governotate in 2012, the year it was created.[2] The group's leader, the defected Syrian Air Force colonel Ahmad Al-Nemeh who succeeded in uniting rebel groups in the province, was arrested by al-Nusra Front on 4 May 2014 and put on trial before a Sharia court.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tensions over Al-Qaeda efforts for influence in south Syria. Middle East Monitor. 12 May 2014. 15 October 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063831/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/11414-tensions-over-al-qaeda-efforts-for-influence-in-south-syria. dead.
  2. Web site: Rebel Advance in Daraa Raises Jihadist Profile in Southern Syria. 23 October 2013. 3 December 2014. Syria Deeply. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050136/http://www.syriadeeply.org/op-eds/2013/10/1538/rebel-advance-daraa-raises-jihadist-profile-southern-syria/. dead.