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; Anti-imperialism; Secularism; Restoration of Syrian Hatay;
Political position	Far-left
Size	2,000 (2015)
Part of	Military Intelligence Directorate
Allies	Syrian Armed Forces; National Defence Force; DHKP-C
Opponents	Free Syrian Army; Turkey; Al-Nusra Front; Islamic State of Iraq and Levant
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 (al-Muqāwamat al-Sūriyah, Arabic: المقاومة السورية), formerly known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Sanjak of Iskandarun (Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير لواء اســكندرون), is a Marxist-Leninist pro-Syrian government militia operating in northwest Syria.

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