Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta

{{Short description|Operations room of Syrian rebel factions}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{infobox war faction

|name= Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta

|native_name=الْقِيَادَةُ الْعَسْكَريَّةُ الْمُوَحَّدَةُ فِي الْغُوطَةِ الشَّرْقيَّةِ

|native_name_lang=

|war=the Syrian Civil War

|image=250px

|caption=

|active=27 August 2014{{cite web|url=https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/6333.html|publisher=Zaman Alwsl |accessdate=6 March 2025|date=27 August 2014|title=Key rebel groups form joint military command in Eastern Ghouta|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711004524/https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/6333.html|archivedate=11 July 2015}} – 25 December 2015

|leaders=Zahran Alloush{{KIA}} (27 September 2014 - 25 December 2015)
Essam al-Buwaydhani (25 December 2015)

|clans=

• Jaysh al-Islam
• al-Rahman Legion
• Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union (Eastern Ghouta branch dissolved into al-Rahman Legion){{cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566633-damascus-rebels-merge-amid-jaysh-al-islam-intimidation|title=Damascus rebels merge amid Jaysh al-Islam "intimidation"|author=Albin Szakola|date=19 February 2016|publisher=NOW News|access-date=6 March 2025|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404201620/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566633-damascus-rebels-merge-amid-jaysh-al-islam-intimidation|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Sep-30/272448-the-wars-of-the-eastern-ghouta-grind-on.ashx|journal=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 March 2025|date=30 September 2014|title=The wars of the Eastern Ghouta grind on|archive-date=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804063652/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Sep-30/272448-the-wars-of-the-eastern-ghouta-grind-on.ashx|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}}
• Ahrar ash-Sham (Damascus branch only)

|headquarters=

|size=

|area= Eastern Ghouta

|allies=

|opponents= Syrian Armed Forces

• Syrian Army
• Syrian Air Force
• National Defence Force

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

|battles=Syrian Civil War

• Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014)
• Rif Dimashq offensive (September 2015)

}}

The Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta ({{langx|ar|الْقِيَادَةُ الْعَسْكَريَّةُ الْمُوَحَّدَةُ فِي الْغُوطَةِ الشَّرْقيَّةِ|al-Qiyādat al-ʿAskarīyat al-Muwaḥḥadat fī l-Ḡūṭat aš-Šarqīyah}}) was an operations room of Syrian rebel factions that operated in Eastern Ghouta, Syria.

After the death of Zahran Alloush in late 2015, there were conflicts between Jaysh al-Islam and the Al-Rahman Legion, with clashes taking place in March 2016{{cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566671-rebel-allies-fight-each-other-in-east-damascus-monitor|title=Rebel allies fight each other in east Damascus: monitor|date=1 March 2016|publisher=NOW News|accessdate=6 March 2025|archive-date=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201825/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566671-rebel-allies-fight-each-other-in-east-damascus-monitor|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566802-rebel-heavyweights-clash-outside-damascus|title=Rebel heavyweights clash outside Damascus|author=Albin Szakola|date=30 March 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 March 2025|archive-date=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201900/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566802-rebel-heavyweights-clash-outside-damascus|url-status=dead}} and late April.{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=63512|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506054728/http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=63512|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2016|title=Showdown in East Ghouta|author=Aron Lund|work=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|accessdate=6 March 2025}} The Al-Nusra Front established an operations room Jaish Al-Fustat which included Ahrar ash-Sham and Fajr al-Umma.{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=63376|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420222359/http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=63376|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2016|title=After Zahran: Rising Tension in the East Ghouta|author=Aron Lund|work=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|accessdate=6 March 2025}} Ahrar ash-Sham has reportedly remained neutral.{{cite tweet|number=726435811311362048|user=ejmalrai|title=Jaish al-islam "appreciates the non-participation of Ahrar al-Sham in the attack against its positions in Al-Ghouta"|accessdate=6 March 2025|date=30 April 2016}}

On 24 May 2016, leaders of Jaysh al-Islam & al-Rahman Legion met to sign a peace deal to end hostilities.{{cite tweet|number=735201731726835713|user=Charles_Lister|title=Jaish al-Islam & Faylaq al-Rahman sign major agreement - ceasing hostilities, exchanging prisoners, opening routes:|date=24 May 2016|accessdate=6 March 2025}}

Since the death of Zahran Alloush and the appointment of Essam al-Buwaydhani the operations room has become largely defunct.