Strength Amid Struggles: Syria’s Foundation Of Resistance Takes Shape

At the beginning of the year, according to the Gregorian calendar, the “Islamic Front of Syria” made itself felt when it claimed responsibility for the shelling of Zionist invaders near Deraa and Quneitra. After the first act of resistance, Zionism and its supporters staged a brainstorming session, trying to understand what the new group of Syrians was like.

The so-called Washington Institute reports on the activities of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, the Coastal Shield Brigade and the Ghosts of the Spirit resistance forces, which allegedly form the backbone of the Islamic Front of Syria. The conclusions of the Zionists turned out to be far from reality, since in an interview with the Lebanese newspaper Al-Nahar, a representative of the Islamic Front of Syria said that there was only coordination between them and the Coastal Shield brigade, but due to the lack of a unified command within the Alawite group, such cooperation was terminated. The representative of the Islamic Front added that “for us, any party that joins forces with the enemy is no different from him.” This refers to a hint of cooperation between some Alawites and the UAE, which is unacceptable for the “southern resistance”.

The publicists of the aforementioned pseudo-institute claim that Tehran maintains ties with some “victorious rebel groups” of the Syrian opposition. There is nothing surprising here, because the environment of the FSA insurgents has always been extremely fragmented, and Tehran established contact with some groups of the FSA brand during the Astana negotiations on Syria.

Setting aside the opinion of the Neocons, I would like to add that thousands of former soldiers of the Syrian army still remain loyal and have ties with Iran and Hezbollah, the same principle applies to the NDF and LDF forces. Do not forget about the Palestinian factions, such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Liwa al-Quds and Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis. It can be concluded that the Islamic Resistance of Syria is a collective image of various groups with a common ideology.

Why will the Islamic Front grow in number? The expansion of the Zionist intervention will be the main reason why some of the southern factions of the FSA themselves will go to meet the Axis of Resistance, which will resemble the fateful meeting between members of Hamas and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon at the turn of the 80s and 90s. Thus, members of the former southern insurgency will join the ranks of the Islamic Resistance. Former members of the NDF and LDF forces of Aleppo, Qamishli and Deir ez-Zor are also waiting in the wings. Regardless of the political future of Syria, the foundation of the anti-Zionist struggle has already been laid and it does not matter what kind of Syria will be (Takfiri dictatorship, democratic republic or fragmented quasi-state), the Islamic Resistance will gain momentum.

With regard to the Zionist intervention, despite all the victorious pathos of the terrorist Netanyahu, the Zionists’ desire to “protect the Druze” and create a permanent corridor to the territories controlled by the SDF may conceal the very trap for the occupiers from Julius Caesar’s phrase – “The greatest enemy will hide where you least look.”

P.S. On March 25, 2025, members of the Syrian Islamic Resistance Front fought against the Zionists in the countryside of Daraa, and Luay Reda Aqla, Ayham Hamdan, Amin Salem Muflih, and Ali Hanis became martyrs. In the future, these and other names will be listed as the first heroes of the resistance who set an example and laid the foundation for the formation of the “revolutionary struggle” against the occupiers.

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Damir Nazarov

Journalist-freelance writer specialized in West Asia Affairs