What war did the Popular Committees emerge during in Syria?
Popular Committees (Syria) The Popular Committees (also called Lijan militias; Arabic: اللجان الشعبية‎ ‎ "al-Lijan al-Sha'biyah", meaning "people's committees") were militias that emerged in Syria during the Syrian Civil War. They originated as neighborhood vigilante groups in the Christian, Druze and Alawi and Shia Muslim quarters of Damascus and elsewhere to prevent the infiltration of Sunni-dominated rebel groups. However, the Popular Committees included a significant number of Sunni Muslims as well.
2012 Aleppo Governorate clashes The 2012 Aleppo Governorate clashes were a series of battles as part of the early insurgency phase of the Syrian civil war in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria.