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Killing of top Syria rebel Zahran Alloush a turning point
http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/syria...ebel-zahran-alloush-a-turning-point-1.1643773
Alloush death and expected evacuation of Islamists tips balance in favour of regime and Russia
Parts of Damascus erupted with sporadic demonstrations of joy last night, as news broke out that the powerful commander had been killed by a Russian air strike. Most of the commanders of his rebel affiliate, Failak Al Rahman, were also killed.
The celebrations, which did not appear to be regime-orchestrated political marches or Christmas manifestations, were mainly in Christian parts of town that are close to Alloush’s fiefdom of Douma in Al Ghouta, the agricultural belt surrounding Damascus.
For two years now, the mere mention of Alloush’s name has sent shivers down the spine of Damascenes, as he often bombarded the city. In addition to the visible relief in the upper echelons of power in Damascus, many locals were glad to see him dead and so were a handful of secularists in the Syrian opposition. They accuse Alloush of abducting iconic human rights activist Razan Zeitouneh and four of her colleagues back in December 2013. Two years later their fate has not been disclosed, creating many enemies for Alloush even in the anti-regime camp.
Elsewhere, the Syrian opposition in Istanbul and Riyadh grieved his loss, however, hailing him as a “glorious martyr”. Top aides in Alloush’s Jaish Al Islam (Army of Islam) issued a video on the night of December 25, mourning him as “Qamar Al Jihad” (moon of holy war), announcing that Abu Hammam Al Bouwaidani, a little-known 40-year-old Saudi-educated Islamist, will succeed him as commander of the group.
Alloush’s Saudi-backed militia is seen as a terrorist organisation by Damascus and Moscow that has no role in the future of Syria. It was established early during the Syria War and now boasts of 15,000-20,000 fighters, according to western intelligence sources. The Saudis saw a lot of promise in Alloush, furnishing him with arms and money since 2012. They lobbied hard to exclude Jaish Al Islam from the Russian “terrorism list” that emerged after the Vienna Conference last October, prompting Alloush to sign off a high profile Syrian opposition conference in Riyadh earlier this month, which agreed to talks with Syrian officialdom, so long as it led to President Bashar Al Assad’s ouster.
Killing him appeared to be a strongly-worded Russian response to the conference.
Analysts are waiting to see if Jaish Al Islam will survive the demise of its founder and charismatic leader. Other rebel groups like the Tawhid Brigade of northern Syria did not after its commander Abdul Qader Saleh was killed in an air strike back in November 2013; it rapidly imploded and splintered.
Unlike other militias in the Syrian battlefield, Jaish Al Islam was strongly structured around Alloush’s cult of personality. With regional backing, he managed to travel freely out of Douma, at least twice in public, visiting Turkey and Saudi Arabia, where he went on Umrah in 2015, posing before television cameras as something of a rebel celebrity.
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Killing of top Syria rebel Zahran Alloush a turning point
http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/syria...ebel-zahran-alloush-a-turning-point-1.1643773
Alloush death and expected evacuation of Islamists tips balance in favour of regime and Russia
Parts of Damascus erupted with sporadic demonstrations of joy last night, as news broke out that the powerful commander had been killed by a Russian air strike. Most of the commanders of his rebel affiliate, Failak Al Rahman, were also killed.
The celebrations, which did not appear to be regime-orchestrated political marches or Christmas manifestations, were mainly in Christian parts of town that are close to Alloush’s fiefdom of Douma in Al Ghouta, the agricultural belt surrounding Damascus.
For two years now, the mere mention of Alloush’s name has sent shivers down the spine of Damascenes, as he often bombarded the city. In addition to the visible relief in the upper echelons of power in Damascus, many locals were glad to see him dead and so were a handful of secularists in the Syrian opposition. They accuse Alloush of abducting iconic human rights activist Razan Zeitouneh and four of her colleagues back in December 2013. Two years later their fate has not been disclosed, creating many enemies for Alloush even in the anti-regime camp.
Elsewhere, the Syrian opposition in Istanbul and Riyadh grieved his loss, however, hailing him as a “glorious martyr”. Top aides in Alloush’s Jaish Al Islam (Army of Islam) issued a video on the night of December 25, mourning him as “Qamar Al Jihad” (moon of holy war), announcing that Abu Hammam Al Bouwaidani, a little-known 40-year-old Saudi-educated Islamist, will succeed him as commander of the group.
Alloush’s Saudi-backed militia is seen as a terrorist organisation by Damascus and Moscow that has no role in the future of Syria. It was established early during the Syria War and now boasts of 15,000-20,000 fighters, according to western intelligence sources. The Saudis saw a lot of promise in Alloush, furnishing him with arms and money since 2012. They lobbied hard to exclude Jaish Al Islam from the Russian “terrorism list” that emerged after the Vienna Conference last October, prompting Alloush to sign off a high profile Syrian opposition conference in Riyadh earlier this month, which agreed to talks with Syrian officialdom, so long as it led to President Bashar Al Assad’s ouster.
Killing him appeared to be a strongly-worded Russian response to the conference.
Analysts are waiting to see if Jaish Al Islam will survive the demise of its founder and charismatic leader. Other rebel groups like the Tawhid Brigade of northern Syria did not after its commander Abdul Qader Saleh was killed in an air strike back in November 2013; it rapidly imploded and splintered.
Unlike other militias in the Syrian battlefield, Jaish Al Islam was strongly structured around Alloush’s cult of personality. With regional backing, he managed to travel freely out of Douma, at least twice in public, visiting Turkey and Saudi Arabia, where he went on Umrah in 2015, posing before television cameras as something of a rebel celebrity.
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