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Desert Hawks Brigade

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Type	Organization				[sources]
Name	Desert Hawks Brigade · لواء صقور الصحراء				[sources]
Other name	The Desert Hawks Brigade				[sources]
Incorporation date	2013				[sources]
Dissolution date	2017				[sources]
Legal form	not available				[sources]
Country	not available				[sources]
Keywords	Irregular armed forces · Miles for the system · Military · Regular armed forces · القوات الأمنية النظامية · 6 more...				[sources]
Summary	A private militia established in 2013 thanks to funding from the businessman Ayman Jaber, and it is led by his brother Muhammad Jaber. It fought several battles alongside the Syrian Arab Army. It was disbanded in 2017, and its members were incorporated into the Fifth Corps and the Third Armored Division. · ميليشيا خاصة أسست في ٢٠١٣ بتمويل من رجل الأعمال أيمن جابر، وقادها شقيقه محمد جابر. شاركت في معارك مع القوات المسلحة التابعة للجيش العربي السوري. تم حلها في ٢٠١٧ وضم عناصرها للفيلق الخامس والفرقة الثالثة				[sources]
Status	not available				[sources]
Last change	2023-12-22	Last processed	2024-12-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

The Desert Hawks Brigade is one of the armed private militias affiliated with the Syrian Arab Army that fought on the side of the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War. This auxiliary to the Syrian army was dissolved in August 2017, and its members were transferred to the Fifth Corps and the Third Armored Division, becoming regular soldiers. It is spread in Hama, Homs and Aleppo and to a lesser extent in Damascus, its approximate number is 6000.

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source, 2023-04-20

لواء وميليشيا صقور الصحراء. أحد فروع الميليشيات الخاصة المسلحة التابعة للجيش العربي السوري التي حاربت إلى جانب الحكومة السورية في الحرب الأهلية السورية. تم حل هذا الفصيل الرديف للجيش السوري في أغسطس 2017 ونقل عناصره إلى الفيلق الخامس والفرقة الثالثة ليصبحوا جنوداً نظاميين. تنتشر في حماه وحمص وحلب وبشكل أقل في دمشق، عددها التقريبي 6000

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Employees
Employee	Role	Start date	End date
Mohammed Jabir	leader · قائد	-	-

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National Defense Forces (Organized People’s Committees - Shabiha)	Coalition · تعاون_تحالف	-	-
Arfada Petroleum Private Joint Stock Company	Coalition · تعاون_تحالف	2018-03-20	-
The Syrian Armed Forces	Executive Device · جهاز تنفيذي · جهاز مركزي	-	-
الأجهزة العسكرية والأمنية الرديفة	Executive Device · جهاز تنفيذي · جهاز مركزي	-	-