Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion
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Not to be confused with the Manbij Revolutionaries Gathering, a sub-unit of the Northern Brigade, formerly part of the Sham Legion.[1]
The Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion (Arabic: كتائب ثوار منبج, Kurdish: Suwar el-Minbic, Turkish: Menbic Devrimci Taburları), also simply known as Manbij Revolutionaries (Arabic: ثوار منبج),[3] is a Syrian militia that is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces' Manbij Military Council and operates in the Aleppo Governorate. Members of the unit have declared that their primary goal is to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from Syria, and to establish a democratic, inclusionist government in the country.
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كتائب ثوار منبج (Arabic) Suwar el-Minbic (Kurdish) Menbic Devrimci Taburları (Turkish) | |
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Dates of operation | 25 January 2016 — present |
Headquarters | Manbij, Aleppo Governorate |
Ideology | Democracy |
Size | Hundreds (acc. to Hawar News Agency) |
Part of | Syrian Democratic Forces |
Allies | International Freedom Battalion YBŞ YJÊ |
Opponents | Islamic State Turkey Syrian National Army |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
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