New Syrian Army
| New Syrian Army | |
|---|---|
| جيش سوريا الجديد Participant in Syrian Civil War |
|
| Active | 10 November 2015[1] – present |
| Groups | Shaitat Infantry Brigade[2] Al'uwlaa Company[3] |
| Leaders | Khazal al Sarhan |
| Area of operations | Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Homs Governorate. Aleppo Governorate & Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria |
| Part of | Free Syrian Army Authenticity and Development Front[1] |
| Allies | Ahmad al-Abdo Martyrs Brigades and Battalions[4] Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiya |
| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | |
The New Syrian Army (Arabic: جيش سوريا الجديد), or NSA, is a group of new Syrian Arab Army defectors established during the Syrian Civil War. Founded in November 2015, they seek to expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from eastern Syria. It claims that it had received training and advanced weaponry from the Authenticity and Development Front and CIA.[7]
Operational history[edit]
On 16 November, the NSA was deployed at al-Tanf in southeastern Syria, near the Jordanian border, and carried out a raid, with or without USA aerial support. No further information was given.[8]
On 5 March 2016, the NSA and another FSA group, Ahmad al-Abdo Martyrs Brigades and Battalions, captured the al-Tanf border crossing from ISIL in a cross-border raid from Jordan.[4][9]
In May, an Islamic State suicide attack on a NSA base near al-Tanf resulted in a large number of casualties. The attack brought to the surface underlying tensions and a lack of morale within the group, whom allege that the US has failed to provide them with the equipment promised.[10]
In June the NSA's base near al-Tanf was hit by multiple cluster bombs from Russian airstrikes, killing 2 and injuring 18.[5] The group later launched an offensive against ISIL in al-Bukamal later that month.
See also[edit]
- List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
- New Syrian Forces - Another Syrian paramilitary group trained and equipped by the United States-led Coalition.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Syria’s New Army". BBC. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ https://twitter.com/BosnjoBoy/status/729704138636963840
- ^ https://twitter.com/BosnjoBoy/status/726072391097585665
- ^ a b "Rebels (FSA Ahmed Salabdo and New Syrian army) captured Al Tanf border crossing. Syria-Iraq". Live UA Map Syria. 5 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Russian warplanes bomb elite British-backed Syrian rebels". The Telegraph. 17 June 2016.
- ^ https://twitter.com/NSyA_Official/status/746026396653334528
- ^ "CIA Funded and SOF Trained: The New Syrian Army Hits the Ground". SOF Rep. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "New U.S.-backed offensive in northern Syria advances on ISIS outposts". McClatchy DC. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Syria Rebels take border crossing from IS". Associated Press. 5 March 2016.
- ^ "The last remaining Pentagon-trained rebel group in Syria is now in jeopardy". Washington Post. 27 May 2016.
