18 March Division

August 2018 18 March Division ar فرقة 18 آذار Ar Col. Mohammed Khaled al-Duhni Hosam Abazidhttps://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/18639.html 18-March Division's commander killed in Daraa, no group claimed responsibility Zaman alwsl 28 September 2016 11 April 2013http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/Free-Syrian-Army-Daraa.pdf A MODERN HISTORY OF THE FREE SYRIAN ARMY IN DARAA Foreign Military Studies Office 8 January 2015 Lucas https://web.archive.org/web/20141222141708/http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/Free-Syrian-Army-Daraa.pdf 2014-12-22 dead – 31 July 2018March 2021 * Martyr Houran Liberation of Houran Engineering and Rocket Battalion https://hasanmustafas.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-moderate-rebels-a-complete-and-growing-list-of-vetted-groups-fielding-tow-missiles/ The Moderate Rebels: A Growing List of Vetted Groups Fielding BGM-71 TOW Anti-Tank Guided Missiles 8 May 2015 20 October 2015 2 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160602182613/https://hasanmustafas.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-moderate-rebels-a-complete-and-growing-list-of-vetted-groups-fielding-tow-missiles/ dead Southern Tawhid Brigade (former) Daraa Governorate Free Syrian Army Southern Fronthttp://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=55054 https://web.archive.org/web/20140322085357/http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=55054 dead March 22, 2014 Does the "Southern Front" Exist? Carnegie 8 January 2015 Alliance of Southern Forces the Syrian Civil War The 18 March Division (ar فرقة 18 آذار) was a rebel group part of the Free Syrian Army. The 18 March Division named after the 18 March 2011 protests in Daraa and was active during the Syrian Civil War. The group was created on 11 April 2013 by Colonel Mohammed Khaled al-Duhni out of three affiliated groups. On 18 July 2013, the Southern Tawhid Brigade, one of the affiliated groups, left the 18 March Division due to internal disputes. It joined the Southern Front on 14 February 2014, and also joined the Hawks of the South alliance on 27 December 2014.Al Wasl Zaman 27 December 2014 4 rebel groups form military alliance in Daraa https://www.zamanalwsl.net/en/news/8132.html https://archive.today/20150112004838/https://www.zamanalwsl.net/en/news/8132.html dead 12 January 2015 2024-01-29 webcitation.org History In April 2015, after five Southern Front groups unilaterally rejected all forms of cooperation with the al-Nusra Front, the 18 March Division clashed with al-Nusra in the Daraa al-Balad district of Daraa. Conflicting reports stated that the al-Nusra Front captured a member of the Southern Tawhid Brigade and threw a grenade at the latter group's headquarters.https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/565114-fsa-moves-against-nusra-in-south-syria FSA moves against Nusra in south Syria Now News 14 April 2015 15 January 2017 18 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181218193839/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/565114-fsa-moves-against-nusra-in-south-syria dead On 28 September 2016, one of the group's field commanders, Hosam Abazid, was assassinated in the eastern Daraa countryside. Hosam Abazid was previously a member of the al-Nusra Front, then defected to the Southern Tawhid Brigade, then to the Islamic Muthanna Movement, and re-defected back to the 18 March Division. See also List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War References Category:Anti-Assad factions of the Syrian civil war Category:Free Syrian Army Category:Military units and formations established in 2013 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2018