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'''Al Saaka''', or '''al Sa'iqa''' (also transcribed as al-Saiqa, as-Saiqa, Al-Sa'iqa), Lightning, Storm, Thunderbolt, Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War, it was formed c. 1966.
'''Al Saaka''', or '''al Sa'iqa''' (also transcribed as al-Saiqa, as-Saiqa, Al-Sa'iqa, Sai'qa), Lightning, Storm, Thunderbolt, Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War, it 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-Saiqa was a [[Marxist]] [[Muslim]] [[Palestinian]] terror club founded by Syrian [[Ba'ath]]ists. Its task was to establish [[Syria]]n dominance in as many Muslim areas as possible.<ref>O'Ballance, E. (1998). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.10</ref>
Al-Saiqa was a [[Marxist]] [[Muslim]] [[Palestinian]] terror club founded by Syrian [[Ba'ath]]ists.<ref name=track/> Its task was to establish [[Syria]]n dominance in as many Muslim areas as possible.<ref>O'Ballance, E. (1998). Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.10</ref>
It served as a pan-Arab, pan-Islamic, [[Syrian]]-backed movement within the Palestinian Liberation Organization - the [[PLO]].
It served as a pan-Arab, pan-Islamic, [[Syrian]]-backed movement within the Palestinian Liberation Organization - the [[PLO]].
It was used as Syria's proxy in its initial incursions into [[Lebanon]]. In 1976, Sa'iqa forces massacred over 500 Lebanese Christians in the town of Damour. In the 1970s, due to massive Syrian support, it was the second largest [[PLO]] faction after Fatah.<ref name=mannes>Mannes, A. (2004). Profiles in Terror. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=lJwIhKrx0FAC&pg=PA329 p. 329]</ref>
Equally as most [[Palestinian]] terrorist groups, al-Saiqa's goal was to destroy Israel and establish an Arab/Islamic/Communist state in its place.
Equally as most [[Palestinian]] terrorist groups, al-Saiqa's goal was to destroy Israel and establish an Arab/Islamic/Communist state in its place.
In 1976, Al-Saiqa was expelled from the PLO. It was used thereafter by the Syrian [[Assad]] regime. It was against the Madrid conference and ''Oslo accords'' between Israel and the PLO.<ref>[https://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/al-saiqa al Sa'iqa] Terrorist Groups | TRAC</ref>
In 1976, Al-Saiqa was expelled from the PLO. It was used thereafter by the Syrian [[Assad]] regime. It was against the Madrid conference and ''Oslo accords'' between Israel and the PLO.<ref name=track>[https://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/al-saiqa al Sa'iqa] Terrorist Groups | TRAC</ref>
==Zuheir Mohsen==
==Zuheir Mohsen==
*[[Tal Abass massacre]]
*[[Tal Abass massacre]]
*[[Deir Ashash killing]]
*[[Deir Ashash killing]]
==See also==
*[[Fatah]]
*[[PLO]]
==References==
==References==