Golan Regiment

Golan Regiment
فوج الجولان Fouj al-Joulan
The Golan Regiment generally uses the Ba'athist flag of Syria as logo.[1]
Leaders	Majid Himoud †[2][1][3] (chief commander until 2017) Khaled Abaza[4] (chief commander from 2017)
Dates of operation	2011–14 (as rebel group)[5] 2014–2019 (as pro-government unit)[5][6]
Allegiance	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Ba'ath Party[4]
Group(s)	Fist Battalion[3] (part of "National Shield of the Patriotic Forces" from 2017)[4] Second Battalion[4] Third Battalion[4]
Headquarters	Khan Arnabah[5]
Active regions	Syria
Ideology	Anti-Zionism[3] Pro-Syrian government[4] Druze interests[3]
Part of	National Defence Forces[3]
Allies	Syrian Armed Forces  Hezbollah  Iran Quneitra Hawks Brigade[7]
Opponents	Syrian opposition and allied mujahideen  Islamic State  Israel[3][5]
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War[5] Quneitra Governorate clashes (2012–14)[1] Quneitra offensive (June 2015)[8] Quneitra offensive (October 2015)[9] Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016)[10] Palmyra offensive (March 2016)[11] Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016)[12] Quneitra offensive (September 2016)[13] Palmyra offensive (December 2016)[14] Qaboun offensive (February–April 2017)[5] 2017 Hama offensive[5] Palmyra offensive (2017)[15] Eastern Homs offensive (2017)[15] Quneitra offensive (June 2017)[16] Battle of Harasta[17] Beit Jinn offensive[4]
Preceded by al-Mutasim Battalion

The Golan Regiment (Arabic: فوج الجولان, Fouj al-Joulan) was a Syrian militia based in Khan Arnabah^[5] that was part of the National Defence Forces (NDF).^[3] Though primarily active in the Golan Heights, the unit has been deployed in various warzones of western Syria, fighting against many different Syrian opposition forces and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.^[3] The Golan Regiment was notable insofar as it was the first government unit during the Syrian Civil War that was founded by Free Syrian Army (FSA) defectors.^[1][5]