[1] In March 2016, the group and the US-backed New Syrian Army captured the al-Tanf border crossing from the ISIL in a cross-border raid.

[6] Later in June, the FMAA and the NSA were hit by air strikes from 2 Russian Sukhoi Su-34s and participated in the failed 2016 Abu Kamal offensive against the ISIL.

[2] Since 2016, the opposition local council of towns in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains has negotiated a ceasefire agreement with Syrian government forces.

[7] In April 2018, along with other rebel groups in the eastern Qalamoun, some fighters of the Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo were evacuated to the Turkish-occupied zone in the northern Aleppo Governorate, while others retreated to the al-Rukban camp and the Al-Tanf Garrison.

In August 2022, the Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo repaired two wells in Al-Rukban, after locals complained the water was mixed with sediment.