So Be Steadfast Operations Room

The So Be Steadfast Operations Room (Arabic: فاثبتوا, romanized: Fathbito)^[4] (also commonly translated as Be Steadfast^[2] and Holdout)^[5] is a coalition of Salafist jihadist insurgent groups in Idlib Governorate, Syria during the Syrian civil war.

So Be Steadfast Operations Room
Arabic: فاثبتوا Fathbito
Dates of operation	12 June 2020[1] –?
Group(s)	Ansar al-Din Front Jihad Coordination Ansar Fighters Brigade Jama'at Ansar al-Islam (until 2021) Hurras al-Din (until 28 January 2025)
Active regions	Idlib Governorate, Syria[2] Latakia Governorate, Syria[3]
Ideology	Salafi jihadism
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces  Iran Hezbollah Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham[3]
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2020)
Preceded by Rouse the Believers Operations Room

Composition

The coalition includes Hurras al-Din, Ansar al-Din Front, Jihad Coordination and the Ansar Fighters Brigade.^[2]

Jama'at Ansar al-Islam left the operations room in 2021.^[6]

History

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) arrested Abu Salah al-Uzbeki, the founder of Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, who had defected from HTS and joined Ansar al-Din, on 17 June 2020, while Abu al-Malik al-Talli, another defector from HTS, was arrested on 22 June. So Be Steadfast called for their release and fighting broke out that same day.^[7] Infighting between the two factions spread to various towns, including "‘Arab Sa’id, al-Hamamah, al-Ya’qubiyah, Jdaydah, Armanaz, Kuku, and Shaykh Bahar."^[8]

The alliance briefly took over Idlib Central Prison in Arab Said.^[4] An agreement was signed following the fighting in which Hurras al-Din could not establish checkpoints and needed permission from the Al-Fatah al-Mubin operations room before launching attacks.^[9] The operations room was forced to close its various "military bases."^[10] al-Uzbeki was released by HTS in March 2021,^[11] while al-Talli was also released that year.^[12]