Around the 10% of Turkish Republic was member of the organization between 1990 and 2025. The percentage of members outside Turkey was 0.1% of their own size. At the moment it became a terrorist organization in Turkey in 2016, the size was around the 8.5 million. Not every member is arrested until today.
Imagine like it was powerful like a small country, like Armenia or Georgia. After and before the military coup attempt it was like a war in Turkey and even outside the Turkish borders.
Israel gave all the signals that it every monent can start an invasion to Syria in all kind of messages and other publishments (official and non-official channels are used). Also at the last bombings Israel warned through message Turkey, which is partner of Syria and main weapon supplier (the bombings of Syrian weapon and bomb warehouses where a response also to Turkey Israel officially noted after bombings).
Hamas was in size 40,000 at the start of the war and the equipment where very low. Hezbollah was 120,00 in size and the equipments where a litle bit higher then Hamas’ equipment. So, Hezbollah is bigger then Hamas (it is impossible that Hamas reqruits enough within past years to reach the size and power of Hezbollah).
Even through social media there are huge reqruitments for assassination payments in Turkey. The price is at a record low price, starting of 6,000 euro and mostly not more then 10,000 euro.
In compare to Netherlands, the prices are 10 times higher in Netherlands.
Such prices as in Turkey are indications that Turkish Republic is very unstable and every moment the country can change into a zone like in cartel conflicts as in Latin America.
No. The running elite Hayat Tahrir al-Sham was before part of Al-Queda, but during the civil war they did split from Al-Queda. After the split Hayat Tahrir al-Sham did fight every jihadi organization which was active in Syria. They are high enemies with them.
Modern Syria doesn’t have any shariah laws, but all steps taken for any laws are all non-extremist. All laws are based on Syrian Arab Sunni culture and not the religion.
It was a department of fallen Syrian Beshar al-Asad regime. It doesn’t exist anymore. In past they where only based in Syria and headquarter was in Damascus.
Also the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), from which PLA was a department of, doesn’t exist anymore.
The main enemy of PLO did take over Syria (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham).
According to our contacts inside Rojava (official of Rojava), on 1 September 2025 Rojava/SDF has around the 150,000 soldiers.
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