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* {{Flag|Hezbollah}}<ref name=”aljumhuriya22sept”>{{Cite web |last=Ezzi |first=Mazen |date=22 September 2015 |title=The Druze of Suwayda: The Embers of Dissent |url=https://aljumhuriya.net/en/2015/09/22/the-druze-of-suwayda-the-embers-of-dissent/ |access-date=18 November 2025 |website=Al-Jumhuriya |language=en-US}}</ref> |
* {{Flag|Hezbollah}}<ref name=”aljumhuriya22sept”>{{Cite web |last=Ezzi |first=Mazen |date=22 September 2015 |title=The Druze of Suwayda: The Embers of Dissent |url=https://aljumhuriya.net/en/2015/09/22/the-druze-of-suwayda-the-embers-of-dissent/ |access-date=18 November 2025 |website=Al-Jumhuriya |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* {{flagicon image|Civil flag of Jabal ad-Druze (1921-1936).svg}} [[Sheikh al-Karama Forces]] |
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* {{flagicon image|Civil flag of Jabal ad-Druze (1921-1936).svg}} [[Al-Fahd Forces]] |
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* {{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} [[Free Syrian Army]] |
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of Ahrar ash-Sham.svg}} [[Ahrar al-Sham]] |
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* {{Flag|Islamic State}}<ref name=”mef26nov”>{{Cite news |date=26 November 2016 |title=Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar: A Prominent Loyalist Militia in Suwayda’ |url=https://www.meforum.org/kataib-humat-al-diyar-loyalist-syrian-militia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250613042200/https://www.meforum.org/kataib-humat-al-diyar-loyalist-syrian-militia |archive-date=13 June 2025 |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=Middle East Forum |language=en-US}}</ref> |
* {{Flag|Islamic State}}<ref name=”mef26nov”>{{Cite news |date=26 November 2016 |title=Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar: A Prominent Loyalist Militia in Suwayda’ |url=https://www.meforum.org/kataib-humat-al-diyar-loyalist-syrian-militia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250613042200/https://www.meforum.org/kataib-humat-al-diyar-loyalist-syrian-militia |archive-date=13 June 2025 |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=Middle East Forum |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* [[Eighth Brigade (Syria)|Eighth Brigade]]<ref name=”npa29sept”/> |
* [[Eighth Brigade (Syria)|Eighth Brigade]]<ref name=”npa29sept”/> |
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Latest revision as of 06:58, 12 December 2025
Militant organization in Syria
Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar (Arabic: كتائب Øماة الديار) is a Syrian Druze militant organization in Suwayda Governorate.
The group was founded in 2012 and is led by Nazih Jarbou, who is related to Youssef Jarbou, one of three Druze Sheikhs al-Aql in Syria. The group has a loyal stance with Ba’athist Syria. In addition, the group participated “in other forms of local outreach, such as hosting local sheikhs for meetings”.[1]
The group has the full support of the sheikh of the Druze Unitary Community, Youssef Jarbou, and is directly affiliated with the sheikh.[4]
The group displaced Bedouin tribes along with other pro-Assad factions due to sectarian tensions.[5]
During the 2015 Daraa and As-Suwayda offensive, the group had support and funding from Ba’athist Syria and Druze groups in Lebanon.[3]
The following year, it collaborated with other pro-Assad factions in the 2016 Quneitra offensive.[1]
The group manned checkpoints in Suwayda Governorate.[6]
The group was empowered in 2019 by the General Intelligence Directorate to negotiate with a gang of kidnappers from Al-Ariqah; the decision was criticized by “activists and residents”.[7]
The group fought against the Eighth Brigade in September 2020 alongside various Druze groups, including the Sheikh al-Karama Forces and the Al-Fahd Forces, in addition to the National Defence Forces.[2]
