Golan Regiment

Golan Regiment
Golan Regiment
فوج الجولان; Fouj al-Joulan
	The Golan Regiment generally uses the Ba'athist flag of Syria as logo.
Leaders	Majid Himoud † (chief commander until 2017); Khaled Abaza (chief commander from 2017);
Dates active	2011–2014 (as rebel group); 2014–2019 (as pro-government unit)
Allegiance	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Ba'ath Party;
Groups	Fist Battalion (part of "National Shield of the Patriotic Forces" from 2017); Second Battalion; Third Battalion;
Headquarters	Khan Arnabah
Active regions	Syria
Ideology	Anti-Zionism; Pro-Syrian government; Druze interests
Part of	National Defence Forces
Wars	the Syrian civil war

The Golan Regiment (Arabic: فوج الجولان, Fouj al-Joulan) was a Syrian militia based in Khan Arnabah that was part of the National Defence Forces (NDF). 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. 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.