An airstrike near the Syrian capital of Damascus on Friday killed one of the most powerful rebel commanders attempting to oust Syria’s President Bashar Assad, opposition activists said.
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Alloush’s Jaysh al Islam, or Army of Islam, with thousands of trained fighters, is the biggest rebel group, and seen as the most organised.
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Alloush was killed along with a large number of other militant leaders, said the statement, adding that “the operation comes in the framework of the military campaign against terrorism”.
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Following his release, he established a rebel group and rapidly expanded it till it became what is now known as the Islam Army, the most powerful rebel group operating in the Damascus area, with its central leadership in Douma.
But there have also been reports that while on regional visits to countries hostile to Assad’s government including Turkey and Saudi Arabia, Alloush failed to win the support he wanted for his group.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an airstrike hit an Islam Army meeting near the Damascus suburb of Otaya on Friday killing several officials including Allouch.
The Syrian state news agency said Alloush was killed in the eastern Ghouta region, where Jaysh al-Islam holds sway.
Jaish al-Islam has limited territory of its own outside of Eastern Ghouta, which is itself surrounded by the Syrian military and regularly attacked.
Critics accuse him of sectarian politics and brutal tactics similar to that of the Islamic State group. Jaish al-Islam has reportedly named Abu Hammam al-Buwaidani as his successor. The rebel group has successfully battled ISIS forces in Syria, meaning the deadly strike might have a significant impact on the terror fight there.
Analysts expect Alloush’s death to have profound ripple effects on Syria’s fragmented rebel movement as well as budding peace talks.
It also highlights the increasing efforts of the United Nations and foreign governments to bring about local ceasefires and safe-passage agreements as steps towards the wider goal of ending Syria’s war, in which more than 250,000 people have been killed in almost five years of fighting.
But with Alloush gone, that cohesion could “unravel”, Lund added.
It agreed to future negotiations with Syria’s regime, a controversial move that drew condemnation from hardline and jihadist groups like Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate.
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In a rare sign of unity over Syria, the UN Security Council last week adopted a resolution backing a peace process to end the civil war.
