Syrian Resistance

Syrian Resistance
المقاومة السورية
Syrian Resistance; المقاومة السورية
	Flag of the Syrian Resistance
Leaders	Mihrac Ural (overall leader); Jamal Trabelsi (WIA) (Director of the Information Office);
Dates of operation	2011 – present
Group(s)	Falcons of the Jazira and Euphrates
Headquarters	Latakia
Active regions	Syria Latakia Governorate; Homs Governorate; Aleppo Governorate; Idlib Governorate;
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Socialist patriotism; Left-wing nationalism; Revolutionary socialism; Syrian nationalism; Assadism; Anti-imperialism; Secularism; Restoration of Syrian Hatay;
Political position	Far-left
Size	2,000 (2015)
Part of	Military Intelligence Directorate (until 2024)
Allies	Syrian Arab Armed Forces; National Defence Force; DHKP-C
Opponents	Free Syrian Army; Jaysh al-Islam; Ahrar al-Sham; Al-Nusra Front/Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; Turkey; Al-Nusra Front; Islamic State
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2013 Latakia offensive; 2014 Latakia offensive; Second Battle of the Shaer gas field; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015); Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015); 2015–16 Latakia offensive; 2016 Aleppo campaign; Central Syria campaign (2017); Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019);
Insignia (SSI)

The Syrian Resistance (Arabic: المقاومة السورية, romanized: al-Muqāwamat al-Sūriyah), formerly known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Sanjak of Iskandarun (Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير لواء اسكندرون), is a Marxist-Leninist pro-Assad militia that operated in northwest Syria in support of the Ba'athist regime during the civil war.

Syrian Resistance المقاومة السورية
Flag of the Syrian Resistance
Leaders	Mihrac Ural (overall leader) Jamal Trabelsi (WIA) (Director of the Information Office)
Dates of operation	2011 – present
Group(s)	Falcons of the Jazira and Euphrates
Headquarters	Latakia
Active regions	Syria Latakia Governorate Homs Governorate Aleppo Governorate Idlib Governorate
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Socialist patriotism Left-wing nationalism Revolutionary socialism Syrian nationalism Assadism Anti-imperialism Secularism Restoration of Syrian Hatay
Political position	Far-left
Size	2,000 (2015)
Part of	Military Intelligence Directorate (until 2024)
Allies	Syrian Arab Armed Forces National Defence Force DHKP-C
Opponents	Free Syrian Army Jaysh al-Islam Ahrar al-Sham Al-Nusra Front/Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Turkey Al-Nusra Front Islamic State
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2013 Latakia offensive 2014 Latakia offensive Second Battle of the Shaer gas field Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015) Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) 2015–16 Latakia offensive 2016 Aleppo campaign Central Syria campaign (2017) Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
Insignia (SSI)