Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region
Pro-Syrian government insurgent group in the Syrian Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region (Arabic: المقاومة الشعبية في المنطقة الشرقية al-Muqāwama ash-Shaʿbiyya fīl-Minṭaqa ash-Sharqiyya); also called the Popular Resistance in Raqqa (Arabic: المقاومة الشعبية في الرقة al-Muqāwama ash-Shaʿbiyya fīr-Raqqah) is a pro-government militant group in Syria. It wages a guerrilla campaign against the Syrian Democratic Forces, the armed forces of the multi-ethnic, Kurdish-led polity known as the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, as well as the United States.
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Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region | |
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المقاومة الشعبية في المنطقة الشرقية | |
Leaders | Suleiman al-Shwakh †[1] |
Dates of operation | 24 February 2018–present |
Allegiance | Syrian Arab Republic |
Headquarters | Raqqa Governorate, Syria |
Active regions | Eastern Syria |
Ideology | Pro-Syrian government Arab nationalism Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism |
Part of | Military Intelligence Directorate |
Allies | Russia Iran |
Opponents | United States Syrian Democratic Forces Israel |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
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