# Martyr Haroun Units

The Martyr Haroun Units (Kurdish: Yekineyên Şehîd Harûn, Arabic: وحدات الشهيد هارون), is an air unit of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that specializes in drone warfare. It was named in honor of Harûn Qamişlo, who lost his life resisting the Syrian National Army (SNA) during the 2024 Manbij offensive.
Following release of FPV drone footage, fundraising initiatives by the Kurdish youth, such as "Drones For Rojava", began appearing to fund the purchase and transfer of DJI Mavic drones to the SDF.

## History
### First appearance

The Martyr Haroun Units first emerged during the battles around the Manbij countryside in December 2024. Since then, they have been conducting reconnaissance and striking operations along the Tishrin Dam, Qara Qozak Bridge and Dayr Hafir frontline against the SNA and the Turkish Armed Forces. The military actions of the drone force have played a vital role in keeping the SNA west of the Euphrates by applying pressure on troop buildups.
List of military actions conducted by the Martyr Haroun Units as claimed by the SDF :
| Location | Part of | Date | Casualties/Result (SDF Claim) |
| Manbij city and its countryside | Manbij offensive (2024) | December 9th 2024 | 1+ killed and multiple injured 6 vehicles damaged |
| Manbij countryside | Manbij offensive (2024) | December 10th 2024 | 1+ killed and multiple injured multiple vehicles damaged |
| Qara Qozaq, Tishrin Dam vicinity | East Aleppo offensive | December 12th 2024 | 2+ killed or injured 4 vehicles destroyed or damaged |
| Qara Qozaq, Tishrin Dam vicinity | East Aleppo offensive | December 13th 2024 | several killed or injured 6 gathering points targeted 1 vehicle damaged |
| Tishrin Dam vicinity | East Aleppo offensive | December 15th 2024 | 1 killed and multiple injured 1 vehicle damaged |
| Tishrin Dam vicinity | East Aleppo offensive | December 17th 2024 | 1 radar jamming system destroyed |
| Tishrin Dam vicinity | East Aleppo offensive | December 18th 2024 | several killed and injured 1 vehicle destroyed and 1 truck damaged |
| Qara Qozaq, Tishrin Dam vicinity | East Aleppo offensive | December 19th 2024 | several killed or injured 2 vehicles and 1 bulldozer damaged |
| Tal Tamir, Tishrin Dam vicinity | East Aleppo offensive | December 21st 2024 | 1 killed and several injured 1 armored vehicle destroyed |
| Southeastern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | December 23rd 2024 | 3 vehicles destroyed and 1 damaged 2 M113's severely damaged |
| Southeastern countryside of Manbij,Qara Qozaq | East Aleppo offensive | December 25th 2024 | 4 killed and 1 injured 3 vehicles destroyed 1 ACV-15 destroyed |
| Southeastern countryside of Manbij, Tal Arish | East Aleppo offensive | December 26th 2024 | several killed and injured 1 vehicle destroyed 1 armored vehicle destroyed |
| Abu Qilqil, Alloush | East Aleppo offensive | December 27th 2024 | several killed and injured 4 vehicles destroyed |
| Manbij countryside | East Aleppo offensive | December 30th 2024 | 1 ACV-15 destroyed 2 radar jamming systems destroyed |
| Tel Arish, Alloush and Dayr Hafir | East Aleppo offensive | January 3rd 2025 | vehicle convoy destroyed 1 artillery piece and 1 Grad destroyed |
| Tel Arish, Alloush and "Syriatel hill" | East Aleppo offensive | January 6th 2025 | several killed and injured several vehicles destroyed 2 APC's and 1 armored vehicle destroyed 1 radar system destroyed |
| Tel Arish, Alloush, "Syriatel hill" and Tal Al-Zamala hill | East Aleppo offensive | January 8th 2025 | 1 APC destroyed |
| Southeastern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | January 12th 2025 | 1+ killed and several injured 4 vehicles destroyed 1 APC and 1 armored vehicle destroyed |
| Southeastern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | January 13th 2025 | 1+ killed and several injured 3 vehicles destroyed several APC's damaged or destroyed and 1 armored vehicle destroyed |
| Southeastern countryside of Manbij, “Abu Saeed farm", Al-Imam hill | East Aleppo offensive | January 14th 2025 | several killed and injured 1 armored vehicle destroyed, 4 damaged |
| Eastern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | January 15th 2025 | 1 vehicle destroyed 1+ tank and 2+ armored vehicles destroyed or damaged |
| Eastern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | January 16th 2025 | 2 gathering points targeted 3 vehicles destroyed |
| “Syriatel hill“ | East Aleppo offensive | January 17th 2025 | several killed and injured |
| Eastern countryside of Manbij, Abu Qilqil, Dayr Hafir, Qara Qozaq, Al-Imam hill, “Syriatel hill“ | East Aleppo offensive | January 18th 2025 | 17+ killed and 21+ injured 1 vehicle damaged and 1 destroyed 1 tank damaged, 3 armored vehicles destroyed 4 injured |
| Al-Imam hill in the village of Khirbet al-Zamala | East Aleppo offensive | January 19th 2025 | 29 killed and 17 injured 4 vehicles destroyed 3 tanks and 3 armored vehicles destroyed 1 ammunition depot targeted |
| Al-Imam hill in the village of Khirbet al-Zamala, "Syriatel hill", Dayr Hafir | East Aleppo offensive | January 20th 2025 | 10+ gathering points targeted 4 vehicles and 1 motorcycle destroyed |
| Dayr Hafir | East Aleppo offensive | January 22nd 2025 | 5 killed and 8 injured 1 vehicle destroyed |
| Al-Hoshriya, Atshana, Dayr Hafir | East Aleppo offensive | January 23rd 2025 | several killed and injured multiple vehicles targeted |
| Southern countryside of Manbij, "Syriatel hill", Dayr Hafir | East Aleppo offensive | January 24th 2025 | several killed and injured 2 vehicles destroyed 1 SERHAT II radar system destroyed |
| "Khudey Hill", "Nowruz", Dayr Hafir | East Aleppo offensive | January 26th 2025 | several injured 2+ vehicles destroyed |
| "Syriatel Hill", "Martyr Sawsan Camp", "Khudey Hill", "Nowruz Hill" | East Aleppo offensive | January 27th 2025 | several killed and injured 2 gathering points destroyed 2 vehicles destroyed 1 tank destroyed |
| Southwestern Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | January 28th 2025 | 2 T-155 Fırtına destroyed |
| Qara Qozaq hills | East Aleppo offensive | January 29th 2025 | 1 fortified military position destroyed |
| South of Manbij, Qara Qozaq hills | East Aleppo offensive | January 30th 2025 | several killed (including Uzbek nationals) and injured 3 vehicles damaged several armored vehicles damaged or destroyed 3 injured 1 fortified military position targeted |
| Eastern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | January 31st 2025 | 2 vehicles destroyed |
| Qara Qozaq hills | East Aleppo offensive | February 1st 2025 | 1 military camp targeted |
| Northern countryside of Tishrin Dam | East Aleppo offensive | February 2nd 2025 | 2 killed and 6 injured |
| Northern countryside of Tishrin Dam | East Aleppo offensive | February 5th 2025 | 2 killed 1 motorcycle destroyed |
| Dayr Hafir, Qara Qozaq hills | East Aleppo offensive | February 7th 2025 | 1 vehicle destroyed 1 APC destroyed 1 tent destroyed 1+ injured 1 fortified military position targeted |
| Qara Qozaq hills | East Aleppo offensive | February 12th 2025 | 2 injured 3 killed 1 fortified military position destroyed |
| Khirbet Al-Zamala, Tishrin Dam countryside, Qara Qozaq hills | East Aleppo offensive | February 14th 2025 | Multiple killed and injured 1 excavator destroyed |
| Southern countryside of Manbij, "Syriatel hill", Haj Hussein village | East Aleppo offensive | February 17th 2025 | 1+ killed and multiple injured 1 vehicle destroyed |
| Southern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | February 25th 2025 | 1 killed and 2 injured |
| Southern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | February 27th 2025 | 1 toyota type vehicle damaged 1 APC destroyed |
| Southern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | February 28th 2025 | 1 rocket artillery destroyed |
| Dayr Hafir | East Aleppo offensive | March 6th 2025 | unknown number of casualties 1 fortification destroyed |
| Southeastern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | March 7th 2025 | 1 pickup truck damaged |
| Northern Tishrin Dam | East Aleppo offensive | March 8th 2025 | 2 killed 1 vehicle destroyed |
| Southern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | March 10th 2025 | 1 vehicle destroyed |
| Qara Qozaq hills | East Aleppo offensive | March 12th 2025 | 1 pickup truck damaged 1 BRDM damaged 4 injured 2 radar systems destroyed 1 APC destroyed |
| Southern countryside of Manbij | East Aleppo offensive | March 14th 2025 | 2 killed 1 vehicle destroyed 1 ammunition depot destroyed |