The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria
The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria (Arabic: جبهة المقاومة الاسلامية في سوريا, romanized: Jabhat al-muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah fī Sūriyā) previously known as the Southern Liberation Front (Arabic: جبهة تحرير الجنوب, romanized: Jabhat taḥrīr al-Janūb) is a pro-Assad militant organization established by the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in response to the Fall of the Assad regime and the Israeli invasion of Syria. HistoryThe Islamic Resistance Front in Syria was established on December 17, 2024 as the Southern Liberation Front with the goal of it, according to a statement released by the organization, to protect the Syrian people and push Israel out of Syrian territory,[2] the statement described it as a grassroots Syrian organization established in response to the new Syrian government’s silence and inaction regarding Israel, referred to in the statement as “the Israeli enemy” and “the Israeli occupation.” It also stressed that the organization has no affiliation with any state, sect, or party, either within Syria or abroad.[3][4] The name Southern Liberation Front was changed to the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria on January 11, 2025.[5] On January 9, 2025, the Southern Liberation Front gave Israel 48 hours to withdraw all Israeli troops from the buffer zone near the Golan Heights or the Israel Defense Forces would be attacked.[6] On January 26, 2025, The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria claimed responsibility for taking down a drone belonging to the Israel Defense Force in Southern Syria in their first official operation against them.[7] References
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