Islamic Resistance Front In Syria – Formidable In Might Militia: We Have Surface-To-Surface Missiles With Ranges Of Hundreds Of Kilometers; We Will Use Them Against Israel 'Soon'
The following is a review of posts that refer to the missiles from the Telegram channel of the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria - Formidable in Might militia and additional Telegram channels affiliated with it, that appeared between June 22 and 29, 2025.
On June 22, 2025, the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria - Formidable in Might militia posted a message on its Telegram channel saying that it would soon share a taped speech delivered by its Commander-in-Chief Abu Jihad Ridha. The poster that accompanied the announcement shows a black silhouette partially obscuring what appears to be a surface-to-surface missile.[1] Later on the same day, a message on the Al-'Uqab (Eagle) Telegram channel, which is affiliated with the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria - Formidable in Might militia, referred to the poster, stating that the missile depicted is a Tishreen (M-600 surface-to-surface ballistic) missile and that the poster indicates that the organization has "Syrian military capabilities" [i.e. capabilities that are similar to those possessed by former president Assad's Syrian Armed Forces].[2]
In his pre-recorded speech, which was posted on June 24, Ridha threatened to attack "every Zionist in Syria and outside it," and declared, "We have the capabilities to reach you and there is no ground border to stop us."[3]
On June 29, 2025, the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria - Formidable in Might militia posted a short video on its Telegram channel that shows photographs of surface-to-surface missiles that it claims to possess, including: an Al-Joulan [Golan] 1 missile with a range of 600 km; an Al-Joulan 2 missile with a range of 880 km; a Tishreen [October] missile with a 300 km range; and a Ba's [Courage] missile with a range of 180 km.
The first part of the video shows photographs of what appear to be Israeli attacks on urban areas, alongside Hebrew text that reads: "Bombing, destruction, destruction of infrastructures, killing and displacement, this is what you did." Later in the video, photographs of the missiles that are allegedly in the possession of the militia are shown, and their names and the maximum distances they can travel are listed, with text in Hebrew which reads: "Now see the beautiful thing. This is but a small part of what we have."
At the end of the video there is an image of what appears to be a countdown timer for an explosive device. When it reaches zero, the image of a large explosion is shown, alongside text in Hebrew that reads: "Ready?" The text in the post that accompanies the video reads in Hebrew: "Ready? The date is close."[4]
Meanwhile, the Dad telegram channel, which describes itself as "the Syrian National Media Agency" and is affiliated with the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria - Formidable in Might militia, referred to the video described above and wrote that the militia had shown the Al-Joulan, Tishreen, and Ba's Al-Jalil missiles, including their ranges, and declared: This is "a very clear message" [i.e. to Israel].[5]
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