| | '''Al Saaka''', or '''al Sa'iqa''' (also transcribed as al-Saiqa, as-Saiqa, Al-Sa'iqa, Sai'qa), [Lightning, Storm, Thunderbolt,<ref name=mannes/> Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War], was formed in September 1966. The armed wing of the [[Palestinian]] branch of the Syrian Ba'ath party.<ref>Paul, J. A. (1990). Human rights in Syria. New York: Human Rights Watch. [https://books.google.com/books?id=N-xjxWYWnlwC&pg=PA95 p. 95]</ref> | | '''Al Saaka''', or '''al Sa'iqa''' (also transcribed as al-Saiqa, as-Saiqa, Al-Sa'iqa, Sai'qa), [Lightning, Storm, Thunderbolt,<ref name=mannes/> Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War], was formed in September 1966. The armed wing of the [[Palestinian]] branch of the Syrian Ba'ath party.<ref>Paul, J. A. (1990). Human rights in Syria. New York: Human Rights Watch. [https://books.google.com/books?id=N-xjxWYWnlwC&pg=PA95 p. 95]</ref> |