The Basha'ir al-Nasr Brigade (Arabic: لواء بشائر النصر, meaning the signs of victory Brigade), was an opposition group active in the Syrian Civil War. According to the Russian UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin, the group was affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and was known to produce rocket-propelled unguided missiles in the north of Syria.
| Basha'ir al-Nasr Brigade | |
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| لواء بشائر النصر |
The Khan al-Assal chemical attack
editOn 19 March 2013, a rocket filled with sarin was used in the Khan al-Assal chemical attack. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights the attack resulted in at least 26 fatalities (including 16 government soldiers and 10 civilians), and more than 86 injuries. A Russian investigation team that obtained samples in Khan al-Asal from 23 to 25 March 2013, found evidence that the rocket used in the attack was an artisan-type similar in type and parameters to the Basha'ir-3 unguided rockets, made by the Basha'ir al-Nasr Brigade since February 2013.[1][2][3]
Basha’ir al-Nasr in Deir ez-Zor
editAccording to Foreign Policy, the group, a part of the group, or a group with a similar name was based in Deir ez-Zor.[4] According to Fars News, a number of the group's members were killed in the Al Meri'iyaeh area southeast of the Deir ez-Zor Airport on 6 July 2013.[5]
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edit- ^ "Russia: Syria rebels likely behind Aleppo chemical attack". Reuters. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ "Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation) on Syria - Security Council Media Stakeout". UN. 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Comment by the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the investigations into the use of chemical weapons in Syria". The Russian Federation. 4 September 2013.
- ^ "External support and the Syrian insurgency". Foreign Policy. 9 August 2013.
- ^ "Syrian Army Units Inflict Heavy Casualties on Rebels in Homs, Idleb, Aleppo, Damascus". Fars News Agency. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.