Syriac Military Council
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ܡܘܬܒܐ ܦܘܠܚܝܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ Mawtbo Fulhoyo Suryoyo Participant in the Syrian Civil War |
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Official flag of the Syriac Military Council
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| Active | 8 January 2013–Present |
| Allegiance | Syriac Union Party |
| Leaders | Gewargis Hanna |
| Area of operations |
Al-Hasakah Governorate |
| Strength | 2,000+ |
| Part of |
Syriac Union Party Syrian Democratic Forces |
| Allies |
People's Protection Units Khabour Guards |
| Opponents |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Battles and wars |
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Al-Hasakah Governorate
Raqqa Governorate
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The Syriac Military Council (Syriac: ܡܘܬܒܐ ܦܘܠܚܝܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ Mawtbo Fulhoyo Suryoyo, MFS for short; Arabic: المجلس العسكري السرياني السوري) is an Assyrian/Syriac military organisation in Syria. The establishment of the organisation was announced on 8 January 2013. According to the Syriac Military Council, the goal of the organisation is to stand up for the national rights of Syriac Christians and to protect the Assyrian and Syriac-Aramean people in Syria. The organisation fights mostly in the densely populated Assyrian areas of the Governorate of Al-Hasakah.
On 16 December 2013, the Syriac Military Council announced the foundation of a new Military Academy named "Martyr Abgar". On December 24, the MFS released photographs showing its members in control of the Syriac village of Ghardukah, located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Qahtaniyah (Tirbespiyê/Qabre Hewore). The village church had been completely destroyed by Jabhat al-Nusra, which occupied the hamlet before being expelled in mid-October during an operation launched by the People's Protection Units (YPG), in which MFS members may have participated. On 8 January 2014, the MFS announced that the group had joined the YPG ranks. The Syriac Military Council established an all-female unit called the Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces.
The MFS was also a part of a YPG-led offensive against Jabhat al-Nusra, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which began on 26 December 2013 in Tel Hamis area. YPG and MFS were unable to hold Tell Brak and failed to capture Tel Hamis, and the offensive was called off in early January. However, on February 23, a pre-dawn raid by the Kurdish People's Protection Units and the Syriac Military Council captured Tell Brak.
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