Liwa al-Haqq (Homs)

This article is about the Liwa al-Haqq group in Homs. For the Liwa al-Haqq in Idlib, see Liwa al-Haqq (Idlib, Syria).
Liwa al-Haqq
لواء الحق
Participant in the Syrian civil war

Liwa al-Haqq logo
Active 11 August 2012[1][2]-8 December 2014[3]
Ideology Islamism[4]
Leaders Sheikh Abu Rateb[5]
Area of operations Homs Governorate, Syria[6]
Part of Islamic Front[2]
Syrian Islamic Front (formerly)[2]
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[7]
Became Ahrar ash-Sham[3]
Allies Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
Army of Mujahedeen
Alwiya al-Furqan
Sham Legion
[8]
Opponents Syrian Armed Forces
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[8]
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War

Liwa al-Haqq (Arabic: لواء الحق‎‎, meaning "Right Brigade") was an armed Islamist insurgent group that was active during the Syrian Civil War in the Homs region.[1][2]

On 11 August 2012, a group of Islamist-leaning brigades in Homs formed Liwa al-Haqq, which went on to become in the next year one of the most prominent fighting groups in the area.[1] Important sub-units include Katibat al-Furati, Kataeb Atbaa al-Rasoul and Katibat al-Ansar.[1]

In December 2012, Liwa al-Haqq joined with other insurgent groups to form the Syrian Islamic Front umbrella organization,[9] in November 2013 the SIF was dissolved and Liwa al-Haqq, Ansar al-Sham and Ahrar al-Sham joined the broader Islamic Front alliance.[2]

By April 2014, Liwa al-Haqq had reportedly been weakened in the wake of advances made by the Syrian military in the Homs region,[10] and it merged with Ahrar ash-Sham in December 2014.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Syria's Salafi Insurgents: the Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front" (PDF). Swedish Institute for International Affairs. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "A Power Move by Syria's Rebel Forces". Institute for the Study of War. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Islamist Mergers in Syria: Ahrar al-Sham Swallows Suqour al-Sham". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Factbox: Syrian rebels against opposition coalition". Reuters. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Say Hello to the Islamic Front". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Aaron Y. Zelin (4 February 2013). "The Syrian Islamic Front: A New Extremist Force". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Translation: the Formation of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council". Goha's Nail. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Freedom, Human Rights, Rule of Law: The Goals and Guiding Principles of the Islamic Front and Its Allies". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "The Syrian Islamic Front: A New Extremist Force". Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 19 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Politics of the Islamic Front, Part 6: Stagnation?". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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