https://urania.institute/en/categories/levant-queer-history/Recent content in Levant-Queer-History on UrániaHugoen-usWed, 02 Jul 2025 00:10:32 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/world/hassan/Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:10:32 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/world/hassan/<h3 id="origins-and-early-service">Origins and Early Service</h3> <p>Suheil al-Hasan was born in 1970 in Syria&rsquo;s Latakia province.</p> <p>Al-Hasan is an Alawite. The Alawites are a religious community associated with the Shiite branch of Islam. Their doctrine includes elements of Islam, Christianity, and certain ancient Near Eastern traditions. In Latakia, Alawites make up a significant share of the population, and in Syria, members of this community have traditionally held prominent positions in the army and state institutions.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/world/tqila/Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:10:32 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/world/tqila/<p>In 2017, an international group of volunteers fighting alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS in northern Syria announced the creation of what they described as the first LGBT military unit in history. The unit was called the <strong>Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army</strong> (TQILA) and was formed within the <strong>International Revolutionary People&rsquo;s Guerrilla Forces</strong> (IRPGF).</p>