Suwayda Military Council

Suwayda Military Council
Suwayda Military Council
المجلس العسكري في السويداء‎
Leader	Tareq al-Shoufi
Foundation	December 2024
Dates of operation	December 2024 – December 2025
Dissolved	December 2025
Country	Syria
Motives	Protection of Druze community, secularism, democracy, decentralization, regional security
Headquarters	Al Kafr Agricultural Airport, Suwayda
Active regions	As-Suwayda Governorate, Jabal al-Druze, Southern Syria
Ideology	Druze minority interests; Democracy; Secularism; Decentralization; Regionalism; Minority rights; Anti-Islamism;
Status	Merged into National Guard
Allies	Israel (claimed by Israel); Jaramana Shield Brigade
Opponents	Syria
Battles and wars	Syrian conflict (2024–present) Druze insurgency in Southern Syria (2025–present) 2025 Jaramana clashes; Southern Syria clashes (April–May 2025) (alleged by state media); Southern Syria clashes (July 2025–present); ; ;
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The Suwayda Military Council, or Sweida Military Council (SMC), was an armed coalition established in December 2024 in the Druze-majority Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. Originally formed as the Interim Military Council following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, the organization emerged in response to growing security concerns after the withdrawal of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) from the region. The group's stated objectives include the advancement of secularism, democracy, and decentralization, protection of civilians and public property from lawlessness, conflict, and to prevent forces under the Syrian Army of Ahmed al-Sharaa's governance from entering Druze settlements and causing harm. Despite using symbols similar to the Syrian Democratic Forces, it is not related, and is composed of armed factions. The Suwayda Military Council merged into the National Guard.