Hamza Division (Daraa)

Hamza Division
فرقة الحمزة Firqat al-Hamza Participant in the Syrian civil war
Active	8 April 2013 – present
Groups	Houran Mujahideen Brigade Engineering Battalion
Leaders	Col. Saber Safar
Headquarters	Inkhil, Syria
Area of operations	Daraa Governorate Quneitra Governorate
Part of	Free Syrian Army Southern Front Daraa Military Council (former) First Army (inactive)
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Daraa Governorate campaign Daraa offensive (October 2014) First Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin Daraa offensive (January 2015) 2015 Southern Syria offensive Daraa and As-Suwayda offensive (June 2015) Daraa offensive (June–July 2015) Second Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin Daraa offensive (March–April 2016) Daraa offensive (February 2017) ISIL Daraa offensive (February 2017)

Free Syrian Army

Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force

Syrian Civil War

The Hamza Division (Arabic: فرقة الحمزة‎‎; Firqat al-Hamza) is a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army. It is based in Inkhil, Daraa Governorate. It was formed on 8 April 2013 by colonel Saber Safar as the "Hamza Brigade". It is composed of six subunits. The group received U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles. It was a member of the Daraa Military Council and the Southern Front.

The group joined the First Army on 1 January 2015. In mid-2015 the 1st Army disbanded, although the Hamza Division continued to use its imagery until 2016.

On 22 September 2016, 9 commanders in the Hamza Division were assassinated in a bombing in Inkhil.

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