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Situation in Khataiy
Brown line = Claimed Kurdish Region
Yellow-Gold = KDF control
Red = National Coalition Control
Green-Teal = Syrian Rebel/HTS Control
White = Just ignore it, I had an accident in paint that I didnt notice until after I uploaded
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Situation in Khataiy
Brown line = Claimed Kurdish Region
Yellow-Gold = KDF control
Red = National Coalition Control
Green-Teal = Syrian Rebel/HTS Control
Orange line = Turkish/Freilibrean forces' boundary
Darker Yellow = National Army (Pro-KDF Tribal Sunni Arabs)
Purple = Abbas Brigade (Pro-KDF Shiites)
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Main Rebels
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Syrian Rebels
Tahrir al-Sham
Ansar al-Haqq
Islamic State
Revolutionary Front for Liberation
Suwadiya
Hezbollah linked Ashura Companies after raiding a government armory
With Syrian rebels breaching the border, the recent bombings in the city of Suwadiya by Salafist groups based in Syria, and the crumbling government the time was ripe for the Shias in the region to mobilize under the guidance of the Ashura Companies, government forces occupied the city after a massive rally held by various Shia leaders in the city and the people of Suwadiya clashed with the army and police throwing rocks and other objects while the government just opened fire to disperse them. The Ashura Companies' leadership was secretive and was underground for years quietly amassing weapons and plotting to stage a revolution, and that time has come.
Men loyal to the Ashura Companies volunteered to carryout the group's first armed confrontation they were given average quality Kalashnikovs brought in from Syria and carried with them 3 RPGs out of the 20 total the group had. They drove in normal cars wearing civilian clothing some covering their faces and got out and began shooting at the guards and government forces on the premises, they outnumbered the government's forces and took the building and all its weapons and items such as Kevlar vests and helmets. Supporters of the group filmed the attack on their phones and the crude quality video was disseminated across various video sharing websites, while Ashura Companies media outlet created a compilation of the footage with a Shia chant in the background and audio clips of Hassan Nasrallah the leader of the original Hezbollah from Lebanon that the group admired.
After the raid on the armory several technicals used by pro-government paramilitaries, the police, and army were captured and used to attack government checkpoints around the city, several indivudals who would have never otherwise taken part in the fighting took weapons from the armory that were gladly distributed to anyone who simply walked up and asked for one, the Ashura companies grew rapidly in one day seizing arms and vehicles.
After raiding government checkpoints, Ashura companies moved into the city attacking police stations and intercity checkpoints, by the end of the day the city was under Ashura Companies control.
Kurk Murzban and Parts of Iskanderun
Soldiers defecting in Kurk Murzban
"We are the Revolutionary Army!" an army officer wearing his uniform proudly declared before a video camera with dozens of soldiers behind him, he continued, "We are witnesses of the reality behind the Khairallah regime, he is a Zionist, he is an American agent, he is a slave of the imperialists and a hypocritical liar. We are Sunni Muslims Arabs and we call out to our Christian, Shia, and Kurdish brothers to band together and resist and fight. General Waseem! We support you we are your army, the true fighters for liberation, the true revolutionaries, Khairallah! Your days are numbered! We pledge allegiance to the National Coalition!"
Army positions set up in Kurk Murzban supported by local SSNP supporters were able to takeover the city with no resistance from loyalists that simply withdrew to an army base elsewhere in the province.
In Iskanderun some defectors tried a similar takeover with Qaddafist supporters, however government forces there were more loyal and outnumbered the opposition arresting many soldiers who defected and some Qaddafist rebels, however most of the rebels were able to flee.
Syrian-Khataiy border
After fighting for almost 2 days HTS and the other Syrian rebels finally held the border station after tedious hours of close quarter combat, the Syrian fighters had better equipment and larger numbers, soon after HTS and the FSA were able to coordinate with Ansar al-Haqq to begin seizing villages along the border, the first village was attacked by the Syrian fighters storming the Western side of the village, however KDF forces were more prepared anticipating this would be the next location to be targeted, fighters from HTS wore GoPro cameras to film them in combat for videos to promote the group, they also used drones for the same reasons and to reconnaissance the area to help the fighters plan out their attack better.
As the Syrian Rebels and Ansar al-Haqq began their offensive against KDF in the border regions, KDF held areas not yet attacked began preparing defenses digging trenches, making dirt mounds, and setting up traps like IEDs and positions where heavy and light machine guns could be mounted, they also increased checkpoints on major roads that they held and so on and were desperate, and awaiting international support for their cause.
The KDF knew a long hard fight was coming, but they knew they had to be patient and await the aid to come in for their revolution, they also reached out to the National Coalition in hopes of forming a loose alliance based on a common enemy and somewhat similar beliefs, Rajo Xassan the leader of KDF was hoping to meet Farid Waseem in Algeria soon, but General Waseem has not replied to Xassan's requests but is likely to soon.
HTS released a video on social media, the video was labeled "The conquest of the Levant" and showed its fighters attacking the border station and taking 3 Kurdish villages and short clips of the group's religious leaders talking about the importance of Jihad.
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful
Joint Statement
The combined forces of the Levant Liberation Committee (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS), The Free Syrian Army, The Free Men of the Levant (Ahrar al-Sham), and Army of Islam (Jaysh al-Islam/JAI). Though we have differences and have conflicted at times we put our differences aside and we have collectively realized the strength in unity, as such we have successfully launched the campaign against the Khataiy Democratic Forces for their crimes against the people of Syria, its revolutionaries, and Islam. The brave soldiers of the Syrian Revolution and the Mujahideen brothers successfully took a significant border crossing that the criminal KDF attempted to close indefinitely to starve the Syrian people, and our combined forces have liberated 5 villages so that we may spend Ramadan with our brothers in Khataiy sharing in conquest and glory as well.
Our combined forces will remain in Khataiy until it is certain that our people in Syria are free from any threats that may exist in Khataiy whether it is from The Khataiy Democratic Forces, The Party of Satan, or anyone else and we will fight for justice and to avenge those who have been oppressed for as long as needed.
Signed by,
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
- Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
- Liwa al-Haqq
- Jabhat Ansar al-Deen
- Jaysh al-Sunnah
- Ajnad al-Sham
The Free Syrian Army
- Free Idlib Army
- The Sham Legion
- Army of Victory
- Elite Army
- 1st Coastal Division
Ahrar al Sham
Jaysh al-Islam22 Sha'aban 1439 H|8 May 2018 CE
Government Statement about the recent events
The Arab State of Khataiy and The Arab Socialist Vanguard Baath Party
Our country is prepared for long road of sacrifices, there is no one to blame but foreign agents who have incited a mass rebellion against our nation in fears of our prosperity, we will crush the foreign pawns of the so called "rebellion" and restore glory to the nation, we call on all men with hearts of iron and the will of Arab knights to stand strong and ready to fight against all the traitors and agents collaborating against our country, and we say to the traitors we will show no mercy and we will be relentless, and we will fight until we have total victory, God is the Greatest, Khataiy is Arab!
Signed,
President Omar Khairallah
The Arab State of Khataiy - Foreign Ministry
The Arab State of Khataiy - Defense Ministry
The Revolutionary Command Council
The Arab Socialist Vanguard Baath Party
The Khataiy Free Arab Army
The Directorate of the Department of the Volunteer Military