Quneitra Military Council

Quneitra Military Council
Participant in the Syrian civil war
Leaders	Brig. Gen. Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir (until 16 February 2014)^[1]^[2]
Area of operations	Quneitra Governorate^[1]
Part of	Free Syrian Army Southern Front^[1]
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2014 Quneitra offensive^[1]

Syrian Civil War

Timeline

- Jan–Apr 2011
- May–Aug 2011
- Sep–Dec 2011
- Jan–Apr 2012
- May–Aug 2012
- Sep–Dec 2012
- Jan–Apr 2013
- May–Dec 2013
- Jan–July 2014
- Aug–Dec 2014
- Jan–July 2015
- Aug–Dec 2015
- Jan–Apr 2016
- May–Aug 2016

Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)

Daraa Baniyas Homs (May–August 2011) Talkalakh Rastan and Talbiseh 1st Jisr ash-Shugur 1st Jabal al-Zawiya Hama Latakia

Start of insurgency (September 2011 – April 2012)

Homs (2011–14) Homs offensive 1st Idlib Gov. Syrian–Turkish border Jabal al-Zawiya 1st Idlib City Saraqeb 1st Rastan Hama Gov. Daraa Gov. Kernaz 1st Rif Dimashq 1st Zabadani Douma Deir ez-Zor (2011–2014) Hatla Aleppo Gov. Azaz 2nd Rastan 1st al-Qusayr 2nd Idlib Gov. Taftanaz

Cease-fire and civil war (May 2012 – December 2013)

Rise of the Islamists (January–September 2014)

Rebel–ISIL conflict Markada 1st Deir ez-Zor offensive al-Otaiba ambush Maan Hosn Morek 2nd Daraa offensive 2nd Latakia offensive 4th Idlib Gov. Al-Malihah 2nd Wadi Deif 2nd Qalamoun Arsal 1st Shaer gas field Eastern Syria Tabqa Air base 3rd Hama offensive 6th Rif Dimashq Quneitra Kobanî

United States-led intervention (September 2014 – September 2015)

Russian intervention (September 2015–present)

Syrian War spillover
and international incidents

Lebanese–Syrian border

Lebanon spillover

Syrian–Turkish border

Turkey spillover

Syrian–Israeli ceasefire line
- Mazraat Amal

Jordan spillover
- Jordanian–Syrian border
- Jordanian intervention

Syrian–Iraqi border
- Akashat
- al-Shabah

Iraq spillover

Foreign involvement in the
Syrian Civil War

The Quneitra Military Council is a Syrian rebel coalition affiliated with the Free Syrian Army that was armed with U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles. It operates in the Quneitra Governorate.^[1] The group's leader, Brigadier General Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir was appointed the Chief-of-Staff of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) on 16 February 2014.^[2]

Member groups

Grandsons Brigade (Liwa’ as-Sabiteen)^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted Groups". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
1 2 "Free Syrian Army fires military chief". Al Jazeera English. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

Syrian Civil War

Part of the Arab Winter

Background	1963 coup d'état 1966 coup d'état 1970 "Corrective Revolution" 1979–82 Islamic uprising 1999 Latakia protests 2000–01 Damascus Spring 2004 al-Qamishli riots Syrian occupation of Lebanon 2005 Damascus Declaration Human rights in Syria

2011 (Jan–Apr • May–Aug • Sep–Dec)	Death of Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb Siege of Daraa Siege of Baniyas Talkalakh siege Siege of Rastan and Talbiseh Jisr ash-Shugur operation Siege of Hama Siege of Homs Jabal al-Zawiya operation Siege of Latakia Deir ez-Zor Clashes Rif Dimashq clashes Battle of Zabadani Battle of Douma Daraa Governorate clashes First Battle of Rastan Shayrat and Tiyas airbase ambush Idlib Governorate clashes Jabal al-Zawiya massacres

2012 (Jan–Apr • May–Aug • Sep–Dec)	al-Midan bombing Second Battle of Rastan First Idlib operation First Battle of Idlib First Battle of al-Qusayr Second Idlib operation Battle of Taftanaz Third Battle of Rastan Houla massacre Battle of al-Haffah Al-Qubeir massacre Battle of Tremseh Battle of Damascus Damascus bombing Battle of Aleppo Battle of Anadan Siege of Base 46 First Rif Dimashq offensive Darayya massacre Battle of Khirbet al-Joz Battle of Maarrat al-Nu'man First Siege of Wadi Deif Battle of Harem Second Rif Dimashq offensive Battle of Darayya Aqrab massacre First Hama offensive Halfaya massacre Battle of Darayya Quneitra Governorate clashes Talbiseh bakery massacre

2013 (Jan–Apr • May–Dec)	Battle of Safira Battle of Shadadeh Damascus offensive Battle of Raqqa Daraa offensive Third Rif Dimashq offensive Battle of Jdaidet al-Fadl Ghouta chemical attack Al-Qusayr offensive Second Battle of al-Qusayr Bayda and Baniyas massacres Second Hama offensive Hatla massacre Khan al-Assal chemical attack Khan al-Assal massacre Adra massacre Battle of Ras al-Ayn Fourth Rif Dimashq offensive Aleppo offensive

2014 (Jan–Jul • Aug–Dec)	First Inter-Rebel Conflict Battle of Markada First Deir ez-Zor Offensive Battle of Mork 2nd Daraa Offensive Maan massacre Al-Otaiba ambush 4th Idlib Offensive Battle of Hosn 2nd Latakia Offensive Battle of Al-Malihah Kafr Zita chemical attack Second Siege of Wadi Deif 2nd Qalamoun Offensive Battle of Arsal First Battle of the Shaer gas field Eastern Syria Offensive Battle for Tabqa Air base 3rd Hama Offensive Quneitra Offensive 6th Rif Dimashq offensive Siege of Kobanî 3rd Daraa offensive 2nd Al-Safira offensive Idlib Raid Second Inter-Rebel Conflict Second Battle of the Shaer gas field Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin 2nd Deir ez-Zor offensive

2015 (Jan–Jul • Aug–Dec)	An-26 crash 4th Daraa Offensive Southern Syria Offensive Eastern al-Hasakah offensive 1st Battle of Sarrin 2nd Battle of Sarrin Battle of Bosra 5th Idlib Offensive Second Battle of Idlib Battle of Nasib Border Crossing 2nd Battle of Yarmouk Camp Western al-Hasakah offensive Palmyra offensive (May 2015) Tell Abyad offensive Kobanî massacre Quneitra offensive Palmyra offensive (July–August 2015) Northwestern Syria offensive 2015 Aleppo offensive 2015 Al-Hawl offensive Homs offensive (November–December 2015) East Aleppo offensive (2015–16) Latakia offensive (2015–present) Tishrin Dam offensive 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown

2016 (Jan–Apr)	Second Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin 3rd Deir ez-Zor offensive Sayyidah Zaynab bombings Northern Aleppo offensive (2016) Ithriyah-Raqqah offensive (February 2016–present) Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016) February Sayyidah Zaynab bombings 2016 Khanasir offensive Palmyra offensive (March 2016) Manbij offensive (2016) Northern Aleppo offensive (March-April 2016)

Spillover	Spillover into Lebanon Lebanese–Syrian border clashes Battle of Sidon Iranian Embassy Bombing Northern Lebanon Clashes Syrian-Turkish border clashes December 2011 Syrian–Turkish border clash Turkish aircraft shootdown October 2012 Syrian-Turkish border clashes Reyhanlı bombings January 2014 Turkish airstrike in Syria Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents Jordanian-Syrian border clashes April 2014 Jordanian–Syrian border airstrike Spillover into Iraq Akashat ambush Operation al-Shabah April 2014 Iraqi–Syrian border airstrike

Involved parties

Syria

Syrian Government	Syrian Ba'ath Party

Army & Militias	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Arab Army Syrian Arab Air Force Syrian Arab Navy National Defense Force Jaysh al-Sha'bi Lijan militias Ba'ath Brigades al-Abbas Brigade PFLP-GC Syrian Resistance Other groups

Support for the government	Hezbollah involvement Iranian involvement Basij Revolutionary Guards Russia's involvement military intervention Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition

Opposition
(SRCC)

NCSR Government	National Coalition Local Co-ordination Committees Syrian National Council Supreme Council of the Syrian Revolution National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change Syrian Revolution General Commission Syrian Support Group Adopt a Revolution

Paramilitaries	Free Syrian Army Syrian Turkmen Brigades Islamic Front Army of Mujahedeen Ajnad al-Sham Fastaqim Kama Umirt Smaller groups

Support for the opposition	American-led intervention American rescue mission Jordanian intervention Qatari involvement Saudi Arabia Turkey

Rojava (Kurds)

Rojava government	Democratic Union Party Kurdish National Council (Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union)

SDF forces	People's Protection Units (Syriac Military Council) Army of Revolutionaries (Jabhat al-Akrad) Asayish Sutoro

Salafi groups

Jaish al-Fatah	Al-Nusra Front Sham Legion Ahrar ash-Sham

Other Salafists	Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance Jabhat Ansar al-Din

ISIL

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Military of ISIL

ISIL-allied groups	Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade Jaysh al-Jihad Dokumacılar

People

Issues
Peace process
Related topics

Issues	Casualties Chemical weapons Cities and towns Damaged heritage sites Foreign involvement Human rights violations Humanitarian aid International reactions International demonstrations and protests Massacres Refugees (European migrant crisis) Sectarianism and minorities Spillover into Lebanon Syrian reactions

Peace process	Arab League monitors Friends of Syria Group Kofi Annan peace plan UN Supervision Mission Lakhdar Brahimi peace plan U.S.–Russia peace proposals on Syria 39th G8 summit UN Security Council Resolution 2118 Geneva II Conference 2015 Zabadani cease-fire agreement 2015 Vienna talks 2016 Geneva talks

Related topics	2014 Syrian detainee report Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference International recognition of the Syrian National Council Syria Files Syrian media coverage The Return to Homs Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait Sunnistan

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Quneitra Military Council

Member groups

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References