Rouse the Believers Operations Room explained

Rouse the Believers[1]
Native Name:Arabic: غرفة عمليات وحرض المؤمنين|<br>Ghurfat Eamaliat wa-Harid al-Mu'minin
Native Name Lang:ar
War:Syrian Civil War
Active:October 2018 – 12 June 2020[2]
Ideology:Salafi jihadism
Clans: Ansar al-Tawhid (until 3 May 2020)[3]
Guardians of Religion Organization
Ansar al-Din Front
Ansar al-Islam
Area:Northwestern Syria
Successor:So Be Steadfast Operations Room
Allies: Turkistan Islamic Party
Jaysh al-Izza
Opponents: Syrian Arab Armed Forces

Hezbollah

United States[7]
Battles:

The Rouse the Believers Operations Room (Arabic: غرفة عمليات وحرض المؤمنين|Ghurfat Eamaliat wa-Harid al-Mu'minin) (also commonly translated as the And Incite the Believers Operations Room)[1] was a coalition of Salafist jihadist insurgent groups in northwestern Syria during the Syrian Civil War.

Composition

The coalition included the Guardians of Religion Organization, Ansar al-Din Front, and Ansar al-Islam. All of the individual organizations in the group have rejected the Sochi agreement.[9] Ansar al-Tawhid left the group on 3 May 2020.[3]

History

On 24 October 2018, the operation room shelled multiple Syrian military positions in the town of Jurin in the Hama Governorate with SPG-9 recoilless guns. In response, the Syrian Army shelled a town controlled by the operation room 10 km north of Jurin.

On 28 October 2018, the group published a video near al-Zahraa in the Aleppo Governorate of a sniping operation being carried out against pro-government militiamen.[5]

On 27 November 2018, a video was released by the coalition showing fighters attacking government positions and gunning down pro-government militiamen in their quarters and taking their weapons.[10]

On 27 August 2019, Rouse the Believers conducted a counter-offensive in southern Idlib targeting the Syrian government's positions near the town of Atshan.[11] The Syrian Army reported repelling the attack shortly thereafter.[12] Rebel forces reported taking over the villages of al-Salloumiyah, Sham al-Hawa, Tell Maraq and Al-Jaduiyah later in the day.[13] SOHR confirmed that al-Sullaumiyah and Abu Omar had been recaptured by opposition forces and that some advances were made on Sham al-Hawa, while clashes over the rest of the villages continued.[14] Later on the same day, SOHR reported that the rebel groups had withdrawn from the positions where they had taken earlier in the southeastern countryside of Idlib.[15]

On 31 August 2019, the U.S. carried out a series of airstrikes on a Rouse the Believers meeting between Kafriya and Maarrat Misrin, killing over 40 Guardians of Religion Organization militants, including several leaders.[7] [16]

Ansar al-Tawhid had a falling-out with the Guardians of Religion Organization and left the Rouse the Believers Operations Room in May 2020.[3] On 12 June 2020, the operations room's remaining members reorganized themselves into a new operations room called "So Be Steadfast," which included two additional Salafi jihadist groups led by former HTS commanders, namely the al-Muqatileen al-Ansar Brigade and al-Jihad Coordination Group.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: As I'd noted 36hrs ago, AQ-linked irreconcilables in NW #Syria are uniting behind a strategy for slow escalation. Huras al-Din, Ansar al-Tawhid, Ansar al-Islam & Ansar al-Din have formed the "Rouse the Believers" operations room & have conducted several minor mortar attacks.. Twitter. 16 October 2018. 16 October 2018. 21 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021101340/https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1052228853324804097. live.
  2. Web site: New Jihadist Operations Room in Northwest Syria: 'So Be Steadfast'. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. 12 June 2020. 7 August 2021. 21 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201221115737/http://www.aymennjawad.org/2020/06/new-jihadist-operations-room-in-nwsyria-so-be. live.
  3. Web site: Why Ansar al-Tawheed Ended its Alliance with Hurras al-Din. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. 10 June 2020. 7 August 2021. 5 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305003134/http://www.aymennjawad.org/2020/06/why-ansar-al-tawheed-ended-its-alliance-with. live.
  4. Web site: Jihadi Coalition Involving Pro-AQ Hurras al-Deen Claims Attacks on Syrian Military Positions in Hama. SITE Intelligence Group. 15 October 2018. 26 October 2018. 24 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181024113020/https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/jihadi-coalition-involving-pro-aq-hurras-al-deen-claims-attacks-on-syrian-military-positions-in-hama.html. live.
  5. Web site: New video message from the 'Incite the Believers' Operations Room: "Sniping Two Individuals From the Militias of the Nuṣayrī Regime Upon the Front of al-Zahrā' Association in Rural Aleppo". Jihadology. 28 October 2018. 28 October 2018. 29 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181029030708/https://jihadology.net/2018/10/28/new-video-message-from-the-incite-the-believers-operations-room-sniping-two-individuals-from-the-militias-of-the-nu%e1%b9%a3ayri-regime-upon-the-front-of-al-zahra-association-in-rural-aleppo/. live.
  6. Web site: Al Qaeda-linked operations room continues to attack Assad regime. Long War Journal. 19 November 2018. 19 November 2018. Thomas Joscelyn. 20 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095631/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/11/al-qaeda-linked-operations-room-continues-to-attack-assad-regime.php. live.
  7. Web site: At least 40 of the jihadi groups were killed after an unidentified targeting of headquarters and meeting of "Wa Harred al-Mu'min" operation room in Idlib countryside. 31 August 2019. 31 August 2019. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 4 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191204100025/http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=139240. live.
  8. Web site: أربعة تشكيلات "جهادية" ترفض اتفاق إدلب وتحاول عرقلته.. تعرف إليها. Enab Baladi. 15 October 2018. 23 October 2018. 24 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035230/https://www.enabbaladi.net/archives/257673. live.
  9. Web site: Military groups calling themselves "the finest factions of the Levant" form joint operations room. Syria Call. 15 October 2018. 16 October 2018. 17 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181017191057/http://nedaa-sy.com/en/news/9078. dead.
  10. Web site: New video message from the 'Incite the Believers' Operations Room: "Battle of 'And Scouring to the Raid at Dawn'". Aaron Y.. Zelin. 27 November 2018. 7 January 2019. Jihadology. 9 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123613/https://jihadology.net/2018/11/27/new-video-message-from-the-incite-the-believers-operations-room-battle-of-and-scouring-to-the-raid-at-dawn/. live.
  11. Web site: Breaking: Jihadist rebels launch big offensive in southern Idlib. 27 August 2019. Al-Masdar News. en-US. 27 August 2019. 27 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827104719/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-jihadist-rebels-launch-big-offensive-in-southern-idlib/. live.
  12. Web site: Jihadist offensive in southern Idlib ends in failure after short battle. 27 August 2019. Al-Masdar News. en-US. 27 August 2019. 27 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827132942/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/jihadist-offensive-in-southern-idlib-ends-in-failure-after-short-battle/. live.
  13. Web site: خريطة تظهر تقدم المعارضة في محور جديد شرق إدلب. Qasioun News. ar. 27 August 2019. 27 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827164257/https://www.qasioun-news.com/ar/news/show/192177/. live.
  14. Web site: The violent clashes continue east Khan Shaykhun city and the factions and jihadi groups advance at the expense of the regime forces, and more casualties raise the death toll to 60 of both parties. 27 August 2019. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 7 August 2021. 7 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807064151/https://www.syriahr.com/en/138837/. live.
  15. Web site: Warplanes of the regime and the Russians resume the heavy aerial bombardment on Maarrat al-Nu'man countryside after the factions and Jihadis withdrew from the areas they advanced to east of Khan Shaykhun. 27 August 2019. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. en-US. 27 August 2019. 7 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807064123/https://www.syriahr.com/en/138847/. live.
  16. Web site: Syria war: US missile strike on 'al-Qaeda leaders' in Idlib. BBC. 31 August 2019. 31 August 2019. 31 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190831224731/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49538528. live.

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