Much of Ahfad’s funding came from Qatar, which may explain its recent weakness.Īddendum (Oct 2, 2013): Hassan Hassan published an important article “ The Army of Islam Is Winning in Syria” arguing that the Islamic Army led by Zahran Alloush is probably now stronger than Hassan Abboud’s Ahrar al-Sham. He is on the Arms Committee for the Supreme Military Command. The name meaning Grandsons of the Prophet. Ziad Haj Obaid commands Ahfad Rasoul with two others.Mohammed al-Khatib of Furqan Brigades, active west of Damascus down toward the Golan.He is both religious and conservative, but not Ikhwan and not salafi, just not ideological. Jamal claims to have 18 ,000 fighters between Idlib and Aleppo, but like all troop estimates, this should be taken with a grain of salt.
Jamal Maarouf (Abu Khalid) of Shuhada Souria, Syrian Martyrs’ Brigade, Idlib governate, FSA. In fact, their main issue with the National Coalition is that the NC is considering negotiating with the regime. The top four say they are unwilling to sit at the negotiation table with the regime. The opposition remains extremely fragmented and volatile.Īny discussion of Geneva II talks to end the Syrian conflict will be sterile without these commanders at the table. All the same, we are only at the beginning of this process.
Powerful leaders are emerging and smaller militias are lining up with the larger sharks. Over the last several months, the insurgency has undergone a “Darwinian” shakedown. These are people who have significant influence over the insurgency.
We look forward to adding and correcting. There are many more powerful leaders in Syria. A small group on the national level can be a superpower in its own hometown. The top five are not enough to run the rebellion, but they are either major actors in their core areas or very big nationally, or both. Taken together, these leaders represent not even half of the insurgency. Ahmed Abu Issa, Abdel Qader Saleh, Zahran Alloush
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