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Quwat al-Ridha قوات الرضا Dates of operation 2013 – present[1] Active regions Homs Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate Aleppo Governorate Daraa Governorate Ideology Twelver Shia Islam Size 20,000 claimed (August 2015)[2] Part of Syrian Hezbollah (fa )Allies Iran Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Opponents Free Syrian Army Islamic Front al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Battles and wars Syrian Civil War
The Al-Ridha Forces (Arabic : قوات الرضا , romanized : Quwwat ar-Riḍā ) are a Hezbollah -trained and organized pro-government Syrian militia.[1] [3] Its members belong to Syria's small Twelver Shia community, mainly from the Homs region .[2] Its name refers to Shia Imam Ali al-Ridha [1]
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