Eagles of the Whirlwind

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The Eagles of the Whirlwind (Arabic: نسور الزوبعة, Nusour al Zawba'a) is the armed wing of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Around 6,000 to 8,000 men strong, they participated in many battles and operations throughout the Syrian Civil War fighting alongside the Syrian government and its allies. After the civil war in Syria turned into a full-scale war, the Eagles began taking recruits and their fighters were primarily deployed in the governorates of Homs and Damascus and were said to be the most formidable military force other than the Syrian Army in Suwayda. Their most notable military operations is their participation in the battles of Sadad, Maaloula, and al-Qaryatayn, among others. As part of campaigns launched by the Ba'ath party to strengthen its role in Syrian society since 2019, Syrian wing of SSNP (Amana) financed by businessman Rami Makhlouf was banned. This was part of the wider clampdown on business assets and private militias of Rami Makhlouf ordered by Bashar al-Assad...

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