Back غرفة العمليات الجنوبية Arabic Sala de Operaciones del Sur Spanish اتاق عملیات جنوب Persian Chambre des opérations du Sud French חדר המבצעים הדרומי HE 南部作戦室 Japanese Zuidelijke Operatiekamer Dutch Sala de Operações do Sul Portuguese Штаб операций на юге Russian Güney Operasyonları Odası Turkish
| Southern Operations Room | |
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| غرفة العمليات الجنوبية Ghurfat Aleamaliaat Aljanubia | |
 Logo of the Southern Operations Room | |
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| Dates of operation | 6 December 2024 — present |
| Country | Syria |
| Allegiance |  Syrian Arab Republic (Syrian transitional government)[1] |
| Group(s) |  Syrian Army 5th Corps' 8th Brigade Southern Front loyalists Ex-rebels in reconciliation zones Central Committee Al-Jabal Brigade[2] Sheikh al-Karama Forces[2] Men of Dignity[2] |
| Active regions | Daraa Governorate Suwayda Governorate Quneitra Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate Damascus Governorate Damascus |
| Part of | Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad |
| Allies |  Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham[3] Syrian Free Army[4] |
| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | Syrian civil war |
| Flag |  |
The Southern Operations Room (Arabic: غرفة العمليات الجنوبية, romanized: Ghurfat Aleamaliaat Aljanubia), abbreviated as SOR, is a Syrian rebel coalition consisting of various Syrian opposition groups that originally operated in the southern provinces of Daraa, Suwayda and Quneitra, though they expanded to Damascus, and Rif Dimashq (having withdrawn from Damascus before HTS arrived).
The Southern Operations Room publicly declared their formation on 6 December 2024, to coordinate the southern Syria offensive in the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives. The group originated in the Southern Front which previously fought against the Assad regime in an earlier phase of the war. The formation process for what would become the Southern Operations Room began in 2023, with advisers from the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham-led Military Operations Command bringing together the leaders of around 25 opposition factions in southern Syria to coordinate planning for a future military operation.
The Southern Operations Room was the first rebel organization to capture Damascus during the Syrian civil war.
- ^ Hamidi, Ibrahim (25 December 2024). "Four key challenges for Syria's new government". Al Majalla. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Avraham Levine (19 December 2024). "Rebel factions in southern Syria – Southern Operations Room (SOR)". Alma Research and Education Center. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Sharawi, Ahmad (9 December 2024). "Analysis: Who liberated Damascus? Unpacking the Southern Operations Room's emergence". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Blomfield, Adrian (18 December 2024). "US 'prepared Syrian rebel group to help topple Bashar al-Assad'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.