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Al-Anfal Brigade
LeadersAbu Mazen al-Rifai
Active regionsRif Dimashq Governorate
Daraa Governorate
SizeSeveral hundreds
Part ofNational Defense Force
Free Syrian Army (formerly)
Syria Revolutionaries Front (formerly)
Southern Front (formerly)
First Army (formerly)
OpponentsFree Syrian Army
Syria Revolutionaries Front
Southern Front
First Army
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Succeeded by
National Defense Force
Syrian civil war
Timeline
Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)
Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012)
UN ceasefire; Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013)
Rise of ISIS in 2014
U.S.-led intervention, Rebel and ISIL advances (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015)
Russian intervention (Sept. 2015 – March 2016)
Aleppo escalation and Euphrates Shield (March 2016 – February 2017)
Collapse of ISIS in Syria (2017)
Rebels in retreat and Operation Olive Branch
(Nov. 2017 – Sep. 2018)
Idlib demilitarization
(Sep. 2018 – April 2019)
First Idlib offensive, Operation Peace Spring, & Second Idlib offensive (April 2019 – March 2020)
Idlib ceasefire (March 2020 – Nov. 2024)
Opposition offensives and government collapse (Nov. – Dec. 2024)
Syrian War spillover and international incidents









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Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic

Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels

U.S.-led intervention against ISIL

The Al-Anfal Brigade was a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Syria Revolutionaries Front coalition. It was armed with U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles. The group operates in the southern provinces of Syria and joined the Southern Front on 14 February 2014. The brigade left their position in Yarmouk Camp and joined the National Defense Force on 8 March 2015.

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References

  1. "Seventy insurgents defect to Syrian army in Damascus suburb". Reuters. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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