Euphrates Volcano
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| بركان الفرات Burkan al-Firat Participant in Syrian Civil War |
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The emblem is a shield with the flags of the FSA and YPG on either side of the Euphrates river, with a volcano surrounded by a sun in the background
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| Active | 12 September 2014[2] – Present |
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| Area of operations | Aleppo Governorate, Raqqa Governorate[1] |
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| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Euphrates Volcano (Arabic: بركان الفرات, translit. Burkān al-Furāt) is a joint operations room/coaltion established during the Syrian Civil War. It mainly consists of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and certain factions of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The group seeks to expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from Aleppo and Ar-Raqqah provinces.[1]
In an October 2015 publication, the Washington D.C.-based Institute for the Study of War considered Euphrates Volcano as one of the "powerbrokers" in Aleppo Province, being primarily "anti-ISIS" but not necessarily "anti-regime".[6] The capture of Tell Abyad in July 2015 was a recent success of the Euphrates Volcano operations room.[7][8]
The YPG started to train FSA members of the group in 2014.[9] Although the Raqqa Guardians Rebels and the Jihad in the Path of God Brigade were mentioned as being part of the operations room, they released statements indicating that they were not affiliated with it.[10] The Jihad in the Path of God Brigade later joined the operations room.[citation needed]
Some groups operate under the name of joint-operations room as a united group, as some used the name during the establishment of the Syrian Democratic Forces. The Euphrates Volcano was one of the founding members. [11]
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Affiliated groups
FSA
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Western Front
Groups operating west of Tell Abyad:
- Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa
- Jarabulus Brigade (current status unclear)[10]
- Al-Qassas Army
- Jaysh al-Thuwar[12]
Eastern Front
Groups operating east of Tell Abyad (Jazira Canton):
YPG
See also
References
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- ↑ http://kurdishquestion.com/index.php/kurdistan/west-kurdistan/declaration-of-establishment-by-democratic-syria-forces/1179-declaration-of-establishment-by-democratic-syria-forces.html
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Sources
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External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Arabic-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from November 2015
- Unclassified articles missing geocoordinate data
- Anti-government factions of the Syrian Civil War
- Anti-ISIL factions in Iraq
- Operations rooms of the Syrian Civil War
- Aleppo Governorate in the Syrian Civil War
- Kurdish organisations
