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shabeeha /Shabiha (شبيحة - shabee7a) is a term used in the costal part of syria (mainly latakia, jableh) to refer to a gang of paramilitia units or smugglers that started in syria around 1975 and became famous in the 90's (mainly smuggling of goods between syria, lebanon and turkey, car hijacking and Armed robbery, extortion, cigaretts trading and drugs) in the 2011 the term is widely used to refer to the Bashar Assad Regime version of the armed paramilita supporting the Assad regime in syria
history: shabeeha was started by the late dictator Hafez Assad nephews (Fawaz, Numir, Munther, Sumar, Siwar,Munther) that was mainly involved in smuggling goods from Turkey or Lebanon to Syria in the 90's, goods such as Cars (stolen from lebanon), cigaretts, electronics, Arms, Gasoline and Diesel. The police turned a blind eye, and in return Shabbiha would act as a shadow militia in case of need
Around 2008, a Major figure in the shabiha "Numir Alassad" a couin of Bashar Assad, was involved in Armed robery of major currency exchange office in Damascus and was caugh on tape, he wasnted arrested and was left free to roam the streets of syria till this day Video of Numir Assad armed robery
in the year 2011, Shabeeha became relevant again when the 2011 Syrian uprising Witnesses and refugees from the northwestern region say that the shabbiha have reemerged during the uprising and in June were being used by the Syrian government to carry out "a scorched earthed campaign burning crops, ransacking houses and shooting randomly" In April, Wissam Tarif, director of the human rights group Insan, said the Shabbiha was operating in Homs, and an anonymous witness said they were to blame for some of the 21 deaths there over the course of two days. some reports pointed to shabiha being involved in serious crimes in Homs such as raping women (see below) shabiha were also involved in fighting and assaulting un armed protesters in damascus neighberhood of Midan each friday after Jumma prayer