Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion

Not to be confused with the Manbij Revolutionaries Gathering, a sub-unit of the Northern Brigade, formerly part of the Sham Legion.[1]

Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion

كتائب ثوار منبج (Arabic)
Suwar el-Minbic (Kurdish)
Menbic Devrimci Taburları (Turkish)
Leaders|

* Mustafa Manbij
* Ahmad Arsh
* Ali Salah al-Din Bish Alo ("Botan Turkmani") †

Dates of operation| 25 January 2016 — present
Headquarters| Manbij, Aleppo Governorate
Ideology| Democracy
Size| Hundreds (acc. to Hawar News Agency)
Part of|

* Syrian Democratic Forces
* Manbij Military Council

Allies|  International Freedom Battalion
YBŞ
YJÊ
Opponents|  Islamic State
Turkey
Syrian National Army
Battles and wars|

* Syrian Civil War
* Manbij offensive (2016)
* East Aleppo offensive (2017)[2]
* Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)
* Battle of Baghuz Fawqani

The Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion (Arabic: كتائب ثوار منبج, Kurdish: Suwar el-Minbic, Turkish: Menbic Devrimci Taburları), also simply known as Manbij Revolutionaries (Arabic: ثوار منبج),[3] is a Syrian militia that is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces' Manbij Military Council and operates in the Aleppo Governorate. Members of the unit have declared that their primary goal is to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from Syria, and to establish a democratic, inclusionist government in the country.

## History

[edit]

According to the pro-SDF Hawar News Agency, the Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion was founded under the leadership of Mustafa Manbij on 25 January 2016,[4] whereas the Firat News Agency claimed that the militia was formed in April 2016.[5][a] The group was one of the Syrian Democratic Forces' Manbij Military Council's founding members.[12][13][14]

The Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion participated in the Manbij offensive from May 2016,[15][16] and helped to encircle Manbij city. The militia's fighters encountered ISIL forces armed with HEAT missiles during the fighting around the town.[17] One of the group's chief commanders, Ali Salah al-Din Bish Alo (alias "Botan Turkmani"),[18][19] was killed during the Manbij campaign. Ali had been a veteran of the Kurdish Front and also served as commander for the al-Bab Military Council[20] while leading the Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion.[18][19] The SDF later named a military academy after him.[21] After Turkey and allied FSA groups launched Operation Euphrates Shield against ISIL and the YPG/YPJ, a Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion commander expressed a strong disapproval of the Turkish occupation of northern Syria. He claimed that Turkey was prolonging the Syrian Civil War by intervening, and that it wanted to prevent the formation of a democratic government in northern Syria.[22]

On 4 February 2017, 100 fighters completed their training at the Martyr Faysal Abu Layla Academy at Manbij, joining the Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion, and by extension, the Manbij Military Council.[23] On 21 February, unidentified gunmen killed five commanders of the unit in the village of Al-Awsajly, west of Manbij.[24]

In early March, as fighting between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Turkish-backed forces escalated in the western Manbij countryside, the SDF made a deal with the Assad government. Accordingly, the SDF handed over a number of villages in the area to the Syrian Army, so that the Turkish forces could no longer attack them. On 6 March 2016, Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion commander Ahmad Arsh appeared in a Russia Today video, dressed like a member of the Syrian Armed Forces and with a Syrian government flag in the background. He claimed to be a commander of the Syrian Border Police, and that he and his men had taken control of the villages in question.[2]

By February 2019, Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion commander Mustafa Manbij led an Arab SDF contingent during the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, ISIL's last important territorial holding in Syria.[25]

## Organization

[edit]

According to the pro-SDF Hawar News Agency, the Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion consists of hundreds of fighters, most of them belonging to tribes that live to Manbij city's west and south.[4] The group is multiethnic, and has recruited Arabs, Kurds, and Syrian Turkmen into its ranks.[5][26]

Fighters of the group have claimed that their ultimate aim is to establish a democratic government in Syria.[26]

## See also

[edit]

* List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ An FSA militia of the same name is known to have operated in the Manbij countryside from at least 2012[6][7][8] to 2014,[9] but it is unknown wthether this group is related to the SDF unit. There also exists a unit named "Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion" which is part of the anti-SDF Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army's Sham Legion.[10][11]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Clashes break out in Ghouta of Damascus and in Dar'a; Al-Sham Legion forms Al-Shamal Brigade in Aleppo". Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Office. 30 January 2016.
2. ^ a b "A Border Police of Assad regime? or a commander in SDF factions?". Verify. 6 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
3. ^ Rashid (2018), p. 6.
4. ^ a b "مجلس منبج وقسد التزما.. وأردوغان نسف بنود التوافق الدولي في انجرليك حول منبج" [The Council of Manbj and the envy of the commitment .. And Erdogan blew up the terms of international consensus in the Incirlik about Manbij]. Hawar News Agency (in Arabic). 6 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
5. ^ a b "داعش لن تدوس تراب منبج من جديد". ANF Agency (in Arabic). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
6. ^ Christoph Reuter; Abd al-Kadher Adhun (2 October 2012). "Rebels Make a Go of Governing in Liberated City". Spiegel. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
7. ^ Yasser Munif (21 February 2017). "Participatory Democracy and Micropolitics in Manbij". The Century Foundation. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
8. ^ "وثيقة تكشف إنهيار معنويات قوات الأسد" [Document reveals the collapse of the morale of the Assad forces]. El-Dorar Al-shamia (in Arabic). 20 December 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
9. ^ "سورية: أهالي منبج يضربون احتجاجاً على تصرفات "داعش"" [Syria: the people of Manbaj strike in protest against the actions of "Deash"]. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (in Arabic). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
10. ^ "الاستخبارات التركية تجتمع مع مرتزقة الائتلاف والنصرةقوات سوريا الديمقراطية تطوق بشكل كامل مدينة منبج شرق حلب" ["Sham Corps" announces the control of the village of Amarna in Grapples after clashes with the "bastard"]. SMART News (in Arabic). 24 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
11. ^ "مجهولون يواصلون استهداف العسكريين في ريف إدلب" [Unknown gunmen continue to target the military in Idlib countryside]. STEP News (in Arabic). 1 January 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
12. ^ "Minbic military assembly established". ANF News. 2 April 2016.
13. ^ Erdoğan Altan (3 April 2016). "Manbij Military Council: Manbij Will Soon Be Liberated From ISIS Oppression". The Rojava Report.
14. ^ Rashid (2018), p. 53.
15. ^ "Mıstefa Minbic: It is impossible for ISIS gangs to escape". ANF News. 19 June 2016.
16. ^ "80% of Manbij is liberated, 50 thousand civilians freed". Hawar News Agency. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
17. ^ "الاستخبارات التركية تجتمع مع مرتزقة الائتلاف والنصرةقوات سوريا الديمقراطية تطوق بشكل كامل مدينة منبج شرق حلب" [The Syrian Democratic Forces completely surround the city of Manbij east of Aleppo]. SMART News (in Arabic). 12 June 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
18. ^ a b "Turkmen Commander: Manbij operation an initiative for joint and free life". Firat News Agency. 11 August 2016.
19. ^ a b "انطلاق الدورة الفكرية الثانية بانضمام جميع المكونات في منبج" [Launch of the second intellectual session by joining all components in Manbaj]. ANF Agency (in Arabic). 18 December 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
20. ^ "They achieved victory they are stars do not disappear". Hawar News Agency. 17 August 2018.
21. ^ "SDF's Martyr Botan Turkman Academy finish 1st course". Hawar News Agency. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
22. ^ "الاستخبارات التركية تجتمع مع مرتزقة الائتلاف والنصرة في شمال سوريا" [Turkish intelligence meets with mercenaries coalition and victory in northern Syria]. PYD (in Arabic). 1 October 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
23. ^ "100 fighters join the Manbij Military Council". Hawar News Agency. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
24. ^ "#Syria - Five commanders of YPG-affiliated Arab group assassinated". Yalla Souriya. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
25. ^ Etienne Monin (18 February 2019). "Des civils quittent Baghouz, dernier réduit du "califat" : "Si tu es passée par ici, tu es sur la liste noire pour le reste de ta vie"" [Civilians leave Baghouz, the last cut of the "caliphate": "If you've been here, you're on the black list for the rest of your life"]. Radio France (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2019.
26. ^ a b "Turkmen fighters: We will liberate Minbic". ANF News. 15 April 2016.

### Works cited

[edit]

* Rashid, Bedir Mulla (2018) [1st pub. 2017]. Military and Security Structures of the Autonomous Administration in Syria. Translated by Obaida Hitto. Istanbul: Omran for Strategic Studies. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01.

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2014
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* First Inter-rebel conflict
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2015
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* Air Force An-26 crash
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* Battle of Sarrin (Mar–Apr)
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* Battle of Bosra
* Idlib Offensive
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* Western al-Hasakah offensive
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* Qamishli bombings
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* Homs offensive (Nov-Dec)
* East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016)
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* Tishrin Dam offensive
* Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown

2016
Jan–Apr
May–Aug
Sep–Dec|

* Second Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin
* Deir ez-Zor offensive (Jan)
* January Sayyidah Zaynab bombings
* Northern Aleppo offensive (Feb)
* Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (Feb–Mar)
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* Khanasir offensive
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* Raqqa campaign
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* Wadi Barada offensive (2016–2017)
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* Operation Olive Branch
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* As-Suwayda (Aug-Nov)
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2019
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* Idlib inter-rebel conflict
* Manbij bombing
* Battle of Baghuz Fawqani
* ISIL insurgency in Deir-ez-Zor
* Dêrik prison escape attempt
* Tell Rifaat clashes
* Northwestern offensive (Apr–Aug)
* June bombings
* Hass refugee camp bombing
* Missile strikes (Aug)
* Turkish offensive into northeast
* Barisha raid
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* Qah missile strike
* Northwestern offensive (Dec 19–Mar 20)
* US airstrikes

2020
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* COVID-19 pandemic
* Afrin bombing
* Idlib Governorate clashes
* Kafr-Takharim airstrike
* Ayn Issa clashes
* Deir ez-Zor ambush

2021
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* Siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah
* Missile strikes (Jan)
* US airstrike (Feb)
* Battle of Qamishli (Apr)
* US airstrike (Jun)
* Daraa clashes
* Tahrir al-Sham–Junud al-Sham conflict

2022
Jan–Dec|

* Battle of al-Hasakah
* Ahrar al-Sham–Levant Front clashes
* Jabal al-Bishrī clashes
* Jarqli airstrikes
* Northern Aleppo clashes (Oct)
* Operation Claw-Sword
* Northwest clashes (Dec)

2023
Jan-Dec|

* Al-Sukhnah attack
* Damascus airstrike
* Hama attack
* Northern border clashes

2024
Jan–Oct
Nov–present|

* Opposition offensives
* Deir ez-Zor offensive
* Battle of Aleppo
* Aleppo University Hospital airstrike
* Southern offensive
* Operation Dawn of Freedom
* Manbij offensive
* Al-Mustariha strike
* Kobani clashes
* Hama offensive
* Homs offensive
* Palmyra offensive
* Fall of Damascus
* Fall of the Assad regime
* Western Syria clashes
* Massacres of Syrian Alawites
* Hezbollah-Syria clashes
* Jaramana clashes
* Lebanon–Syria border clashes
* Rif Dimashq clashes
* Massacres of Syrian Druze
* Israeli invasion

Spillover|

| Israel and Golan Heights:|

* March 2017 incident
* February 2018 incident
* May 2018 Israel–Iran incidents

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Iraq:|

* Akashat ambush
* Operation al-Shabah
* April 2014 Iraqi border airstrike

Jordanian border incidents|

* April 2014 Jordanian border airstrike

Lebanon:|

* Lebanese border clashes
* Battle of Sidon
* Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut
* North Lebanon clashes
* Qalamoun (Jul–Aug 2017)

Turkey:|

* December 2011 Turkish border clash
* 2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown
* 2012 Turkish border clashes
* 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings
* January 2014 Turkish attack in Syria
* Assassination of Andrei Karlov
* Russian Air Force Al-Bab incident
* 2020 Balyun airstrikes
* Operation Spring Shield

Elsewhere:|

* Deir ez-Zor missile strike (Iran)

Belligerents

| Ba'athist regime|

| Politics of Ba'athist Syria|

* Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
* Ba'ath Brigades
* Syrian Social Nationalist Party
* Arab Socialist Movement
* Syrian Communist Party
* Syrian Communist Party (Unified)

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Military and militias|

* Lions of Hussein
* Guardians of the Dawn
* Arab Nationalist Guard
* Jaysh al-Muwahhidin
* Sootoro
* Ba'ath Brigades
* National Defence Forces
* Popular Committees
* Golan Regiment
* Syrian Arab Armed Forces
* Eagles of the Whirlwind
* The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria
* Military Council for the Liberation of Syria
* Syrian Popular Resistance
* Syrian Resistance
* Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region
* PFLP-GC
* Jihad Jibril Brigades
* Galilee Forces
* Free Palestine Movement
* Palestinian People's Party
* Liwa Fatemiyoun
* As-Sa'iqa
* al-Quds Brigade
* Palestine Liberation Army

Foreign support|

* Hezbollah involvement
* Iranian involvement
* Liwa Fatemiyoun
* Russian involvement
* medical facility targeting
* military intervention
* Wagner Group
* Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition
* Popular Mobilization Forces

Opposition|

| Interim government|

* National Coalition
* Local Coordination 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
* Syrian Patriotic Group

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Opposition militias|

* Syrian National Army
* Free Syrian Army
* National Front for Liberation
* Army of Glory
* Authenticity and Development Front
* Army of Free Tribes
* Revolutionary Commando Army
* Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
* Grey Wolves

Foreign support|

* US intervention
* Jordanian intervention
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Turkey

Autonomous Administration
of North and East Syria|

| DFNS Government|

* Democratic Union Party
* Kurdish National Council
* Smaller political parties

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SDF militias|

* People's Protection Units
* Women's Protection Units
* Anti-Terror Units
* Al-Sanadid Forces
* Army of Revolutionaries
* SDF military councils
* Syriac Military Council
* Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa
* Northern Democratic Brigade

Support|

* Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
* Kurdistan Workers' Party
* International Freedom Battalion
* Sinjar Resistance Units
* Êzîdxan Women's Units

Islamists|

| Islamic State|

* Military activity of ISIL
* Dokumacılar
* Al-Barakah
* Khalid ibn al-Walid Army
* Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade
* Islamic Muthanna Movement
* Jaysh al-Jihad
* Jund al-Aqsa
* Group of the One and Only
* Liwa Dawud
* Liwa Aqab al-Islami
* Katibah Nusantara
* Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi
* Al-Khansaa Brigade
* Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah

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al-Qaeda and allies|

* Al-Nusra Front (Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (Khorasan group, Suqour al-Ezz) Jaysh Muhammad in Bilad al-Sham
* Tahrir al-Sham
* Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
* Caucasus Emirate
* Ajnad al-Kavkaz
* Junud al-Makhdi
* Rouse the Believers Operations Room (Ansar al-Tawhid (Firqat al-Ghuraba), Hurras al-Din, Ansar al-Din Front (Harakat Sham al-Islam), Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan)
* Jaish al-Haramoun
* Jaysh al-Sunna
* Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (Green Battalion)
* Mujahideen Shura Council
* Malhama Tactical
* Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
* Katibat Jabal al-Islam
* Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham
* Ghuraba al-Sham
* Taliban (Pakistani Taliban, Imam Bukhari Jamaat)
* Fatah al-Islam
* Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance (Liwaa al-Umma)

People

* Ammar Abdulhamid
* Ali al-Abdallah
* Adnan al-Aroor
* al-Assad family
* Bashar
* Maher
* Rifaat
* Rami Makhlouf
* Hafez Makhlouf
* Riad al-Asaad
* Hadi al-Bahra
* Anwar al-Bunni
* Fahd Jassem al-Freij
* Suheil al-Hassan
* Haitham al-Maleh
* Moaz al-Khatib
* Kamal al-Labwani
* Hamza al-Khateeb
* Tal al-Mallohi
* Fida al-Sayed
* Riad al-Turk
* Khaled Khoja
* Ammar al-Qurabi
* Suheir Atassi
* Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni
* Aref Dalila
* Farid Ghadry
* Burhan Ghalioun
* Razan Ghazzawi
* Ghassan Hitto
* Salim Idris
* Randa Kassis
* Abdul Halim Khaddam
* Michel Kilo
* Bassma Kodmani
* Ali Habib Mahmud
* Ali Mahmoud Othman
* Ibrahim Qashoush
* Dawoud Rajiha
* Yassin al-Haj Saleh
* Bouthaina Shaaban
* Ahmed al-Sharaa
* Abdulbaset Sieda
* Riad Seif
* Fadwa Souleimane
* Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid
* Yaser Tabbara
* Razan Zaitouneh
* Rami Jarrah
* Abdurrahman Mustafa
* Fadlallah al-Haji

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| Elections|

* 2011 local elections
* 2012 parliamentary election
* 2014 presidential election
* 2015 Northern local elections
* 2016 parliamentary election
* 2017 Northern local elections
* 2017 Northern regional elections
* 2018 local elections
* 2020 parliamentary election
* 2021 presidential election

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Issues|

* Casualties
* Cities and towns
* Chemical weapons
* Damaged heritage sites
* Foreign involvement
* Human rights violations
* Humanitarian aid
* International demonstrations and protests
* International reactions
* Massacres
* Mass graves
* Refugees
* Sectarianism and minorities
* Status of the Golan Heights
* Spillover in Lebanon
* Syrian government 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
* 39th G8 summit
* UN Security Council Resolution 2118
* Geneva II conference
* 2015 Zabadani cease-fire agreement
* Vienna talks
* 2016 Geneva talks
* Idlib demilitarization (2018–present)
* First Northern Syria Demilitarization Deal
* Second Northern Syria Demilitarization Deal
* Syrian Negotiation Commission
* Syrian Constitutional Committee

Investigations/legal cases|

* Investigations
* International Commission
* Chemical weapons
* War crimes cases
* Germany
* Canada + Netherlands vs Syria

Related topics|

* Exclusive mandate
* Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference
* Syria Files
* Syrian detainee report
* Syrian media coverage
* 2015 European migrant crisis
* Syrian civil war in popular culture

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