• Shabiha (Levantine Arabic: شَبِّيحَة Šabbīḥa, pronounced [ʃabˈbiːħa]; also romanized Shabeeha or Shabbiha; lit. 'ghosts') is a colloquial and generally...
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    financing Shabiha in the region of Latakia. Fawaz al-Assad, nephew of Hafez, leader of Shabiha Mundhir al-Assad, nephew of Hafez, leader of Shabiha Samer...
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  • sheltering a local Shabiha commander who was stealing property from the locals. The Leon Sedov Brigade proceeded to arrest the Shabiha commander when he...
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    have died under torture. Human Rights Watch accused the government and Shabiha of using civilians as human shields when they advanced on opposition held-areas...
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  • Ba'athist government during the Syrian Civil War. The unit originates as Shabiha, a criminal organization that has operated in Latakia Governorate since...
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  • the army relied on loyal elite units and Alawite militias such as the Shabiha. Due to defections following the uprisings, by the end of 2013 the number...
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    Arab countries. Maher al-Assad also supervised operations of the dreaded Shabiha squads, pro-Assad Alawite paramilitaries known for sectarian attacks against...
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    the conflict and sanctions also led to lower wages for Shabiha members. In response, some Shabiha members began stealing civilian properties and engaging...
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    [citation needed] In this they were somewhat similar to the Basij of Iran or Shabiha militia of Syria. Much like other paramilitaries, the Fedayeen was volunteer...
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    victims had been killed in "two bouts of summary executions" by pro-Assad Shabiha. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland asserted on 29 May that...
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    Having escaped after five days in captivity, Engel said he believed that a Shabiha group loyal to al-Assad was behind the abduction, and that the crew was...
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  • Sunni Islam after being influenced by her friends. She attends her senior Shabiha's lectures in secrecy from her family and her roommates, Javeria and Rabia...
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  • contrast with the Shabiha forces, received salaries and military equipment from the government. Since the formation of the NDF, Shabiha members have been...
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    controversial, as upon their release, Engel and his crew blamed a Shiite Shabiha group of Assad loyalists for the abduction. The narrative was, however...
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    militants) had been killed by the Syrian army, security agents and militia (Shabiha), while 1,100 people had been killed by "terrorist armed forces". On 10...
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    close to the family said that they believed Foley was kidnapped by the Shabiha militia, a group loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He was later...
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  • 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-10-09. "BBC News — Syria unrest: Who are the shabiha?". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-05-29. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved...
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  • pro-government Shabiha. In August 2012 UN investigators released a report which stated that it was likely that Syrian troops and Shabiha militia were responsible...
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  • to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, on 24 November soldiers and Shabiha with armoured vehicles started operations in farmland west of Rastan in...
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    which angered many across the country. The regime also deployed sectarian Shabiha death squads to attack the protestors. Protests and revolutionary activities...
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  • 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-10-09. "BBC News — Syria unrest: Who are the shabiha?". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-05-29. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved...
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  • called shabiha, involved in all kinds of mafia-style violence and corruption. Al-Murtada was banned by Hafez al-Assad in 1983. On the other hand, shabiha still...
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    reported that Ba'athist regime and state-sponsored deathsquads like the Shabiha have been involved in the extensive mass-killings and sectarian attacks...
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    first of the two battles in al-Qusayr was fought by the Syrian army and Shabiha against the Free Syrian Army in the small city of Al-Qusayr, near Homs...
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    protect the lives of civilians and their possessions from security and the Shabiha [pro-government] militia. We are a people who will either gain victory...
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    Battalions Vostok and Zapad Arkan's Tigers Fakel (company) Redut (company) Shabiha, a similar militia loyal to the Assad family of Syria Basij, a similar...
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    violations of human rights on a massive scale" by the Syrian military and shabiha, "many of which amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes". These...
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    Undercover operation Baltagiya Rubbish Collection Organization (Thailand) Shabiha (Syria) Colectivo (Venezuela) "Кто такие "титушки", и почему их так называют...
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  • involvement in the killing of Khashoggi. Human rights in Saudi Arabia Shabiha General Intelligence Presidency 2017–19 Saudi Arabian purge "Saudi operatives...
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  • The members of the group have been repeatedly compared to the Syrian Shabiha, Hezbollah or the Wagner Group due to the representations of its members...
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