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Special Tasks Forces - Al-Bustan

Special Tasks Forces - Al-Bustan is an entity of interest. It has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Organization				[sources]
Name	Special Tasks Forces - Al-Bustan · قوات المهام الخاصة - البستان				[sources]
Other name	قوات المهام الخاصة				[sources]
Incorporation date	2012				[sources]
Legal form	not available				[sources]
Country	not available				[sources]
Keywords	Irregular armed forces · Miles for the system · القوات المسلحة غير النظامية · ميليشات موالية للنظام				[sources]
Summary	Militia group founded by Rami Makhlouf’s al-Bustan Charity Foundation. The Foundation backs and sponsors the militia in collaboration with the Air Force Intelligence (training and armament) and the Fourth Division (operations coordination). · ميليشيا قتالية أسستها جمعية البستان الخيرية التابعة لرامي مخلوف (تتولى التمويل والرعاية) بالتعاون مع المخابرات الجوية (تدريب وتسليح) والفرقة الرابعة (تنسيق العمليات)				[sources]
Status	not available				[sources]
Last change	2023-02-01	Last processed	2023-02-01	First seen	2023-02-01

Descriptions

The Special Tasks Forces are a militia group founded by Rami Makhlouf’s al-Bustan Charity Foundation. Al-Bustan backs and sponsors the militia in collaboration with the Air Force Intelligence, which trains and supplies arms, and the Fourth Division, which coordinates operations.

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

ميليشيا قتالية أسستها جمعية البستان الخيرية التابعة لرامي مخلوف (تتولى التمويل والرعاية) بالتعاون مع المخابرات الجوية (تدريب وتسليح) والفرقة الرابعة (تنسيق العمليات)

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

Relationships

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Syrian Air Force Intelligence Sanctioned entity	Backer_Creditor · داعم_مقرض · مدعوم_مقترض	2012	-
الأجهزة العسكرية والأمنية الرديفة	Executive Device · جهاز تنفيذي · جهاز مركزي	-	-
Arfada Petroleum Private Joint Stock Company Sanctioned entity	Coalition · تعاون_تحالف	2018	-
Al-Bustan Association	Support · داعم_مقرض · مدعوم_مقترض	2012	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
4th Armored Division	Support · داعم_مقرض · مدعوم_مقترض	2012	-

Data sources

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks1,079

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