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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Private military company |
| Founded | Idlib Governorate, Syria, 2015 |
| Founders | Abu Rofiq (Abu Salman) † |
Area served | Syria |
Key people |
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| Services | Military consultation and training |
Malhama Tactical is a private military contractor that operated in the Syrian Civil War.[1] The group, founded by a pseudonymous Uzbeki jihadist called Abu Rofiq,[1] is closely allied with Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and its successor group Tahrir al-Sham.[2] Its around dozen members occasionally participated in combat and run and guns, but primarily provided training.[1] The company has worked with Ahrar al-Sham and the Turkistan Islamic Party.[1] According to the pro-government Al-Masdar News, its leader Abu Rofiq was killed in an airstrike on 7 February 2017,[3] though his death has been questioned.[4] The group stands in opposition to IS.[5]
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- ^ "'Malhama Tactical' - so-called 'Islamic private military company' ... Myth and reality". War Diary. R&U Videos. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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