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Jebel al-Zawiyah is a rebel stronghold that lies 11 kilometers to the west of the highway linking Damascus to Aleppo. It lies 30 km southeast of the Turkish border. The city of Ariha sits along the main road linking Aleppo to Latakia. Rebel groups there are well positioned to deny the regime access to key lines of communication across Syria.
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Latakia
Ariha
Turkey
Aleppo
Jebel al-Zawiyah
Jebel al-Zawiyah is a rebel stronghold that lies 11 kilometers to the west of
the highway linking Damascus to Aleppo. It lies 30 km southeast of the
Turkish border. The city of Ariha sits along the main road linking Aleppo to
Latakia. Rebel groups there are well positioned to deny the regime access
to key lines of communication across Syria.
Regime massacres fighters and villagers
Rebel raids and IED attacks increase
Regime draws down to increase forces elsewhere
Rebels improve organizational capacity, Idlib Military Council forms
Rebels carry out coordinated attack, overrun Mughara checkpoint
Rebels travel 11 km to overrun fortified position on main north-south highway
Regime violently disperses protests, small bands of rebels emerge
Large armed demonstrations in Jebel al-Zawiyah
Rebels form more coherent organizations
Unarmed protests begin
Sarjah
Ariha
Sarjeh
Ariha
Sarjah
Ariha
Khan Subul
Mughara
Rami
• Operates out of Sarjah
• Founded September 2011
• Lead by Ahmed Abu Issa
• Run by a shura council
• Stated aim is creation of a “moderate Islamic state”
• Not directly linked to the Idlib Military Council
• Arms network is separate from the Idlib
Revolutionary Council network
• Operates out of central/southern Jebel al-
Zawiyah
• Founded December 2011
• Lead by Lt. Alaa Hussein
• Named after a Syrian Nationalist leader
• Directly linked to the Idlib Military Council
• Likely member of the Idlib Revolutionary
Council arms network
al Sham
Although there is no evidence of a hierarchal chain of command across rebel groups in Jebel
al-Zawiyah, the participation of multiple groups in two raids in late May 2012 and late June
2012 does indicate joint planning and coordination.
Six Confirmed Suqour al-Sham attacks
March 11, 2012 – May 1, 2012. Six Confirmed Suqour al-Sham attacks
May 2, 2012 –July 13, 2012.
Sarjah
Ariha Ariha
Sarjah
Khan Subul Mughara
Rami
Suqour al-Sham attacks have shifted from their home village of Sarjah and the
closest urban center, Ariha, to towns up to 11 kilometers away.
A single IED destroys a tank in Ariha, early June
ZU-23-2 Anti-aircraft gun in Rami, Mid July Mounted Anti-aircraft gun in Khan Subul, late June Downed Helicopter Burns in Khan Subul, late June
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