Suwayda Military Council

Suwayda Military Council
المجلس العسكري في السويداء‎
Emblem of the Suwayda Military Council
Leader	Tareq Al Shoufi
Foundation	February 2025
Dates of operation	February 2025 (2025-02) – present
Country	Syria
Motives	Protection of Druze community, secularism, democracy, decentralization, regional security
Headquarters	Al Kafr Agricultural Airport, Suwayda
Active regions	As-Suwayda Governorate, Jabal al-Druze, Southern Syria
Ideology	Druze minority interests Democracy Secularism Decentralization Regionalism Ethnic minority rights Anti-Islamic extremism Anti-Islamism
Status	Active
Opponents	Syria
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Jaramana clashes (2025–present)
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Website	Official website
Preceded by Nabi Shuaib Forces Faithful Ali bin Abi Talib Forces Bayraq Suleiman Bin Daoud Forces

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The Suwayda Military Council is an armed coalition established in February 2025 in the Druze-majority Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. Originally formed as the Interim Military Council following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, the organization emerged in response to growing security concerns after the withdrawal of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) from the region. The group's stated objectives include the advancement of secularism, democracy, and decentralization, protection of civilians and public property from lawlessness, conflict, and to prevent forces under the Syrian Army of Ahmed al-Sharaa's governance from entering Druze settlements and causing harm.^[1]