Liwa al-Haqq (Idlib)
Liwa al-Haqq (Arabic: لواء الحق بريف إدلب, Right Brigade or Truth Brigade) is a Syrian Islamist rebel group that was active during the Syrian Civil War until joining Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in 2017.[2]
| Liwa al-Haqq (Idlib) | |
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لواء الحق بريف إدلب Participant in the Syrian Civil War | |
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| Ideology | Sunni Islamism Salafism[1] |
| Area of operations | Hama Governorate, Syria[1] Idlib Governorate, Syria[2] |
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| Battles and war(s) | Syrian Civil War
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History
On 31 October 2014, amid fighting between al-Nusra and the western-backed Hazzm Movement and Syrian Revolutionaries Front, Liwa al-Haqq along with 13 other rebel groups in Idlib established a peace keeping force to mediate the conflict between al-Nusra and the western backed groups, among the peace keeping factions included Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam, Suqour al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.[6]
In May 2015, Liwa al-Haqq was part of a joint rebel offensive alongside the al-Nusra Front, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Jund al-Aqsa, and Faylaq al-Sham against the Syrian government in northwestern Syria, that eventually led to the rebel takeover of much of the Idlib Governorate, including the governorate's capital Idlib.[7]
In September 2015, In response to reports of Russian intervention, Liwa al-Haqq commander Abu Abdullah Taftanaz posted a tweet addressing "infidel Russians", and threatening to "slaughter you like pigs."[8]
In November 2015, Liwa al-Haqq and al-Nusra both released photos of an American made Humvee captured from an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militia in southern Aleppo, that was believed to be Kataib Hezbollah.[9][10]
In early May 2016, Liwa al-Haqq took part in a campaign part of the Army of Conquest coalition in southern Aleppo, during the offensive al-Nusra deployed SVBIEDs targetting Shiite militia fighters in the area, and Jund al-Aqsa carried out separate attacks in coordination with al-Nusra and the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria during the offensive.[11]
On 28 January 2017, Liwa al-Haqq, alongside the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, Jabhat Ansar al-Din, Jaysh al-Sunna and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was formerly al-Nusra until disengaging from al-Qaeda and rebranding in 2016, together merged to form Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.[12]
In June 2018, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrested several members of ISIL-linked cells in eastern Idlib, including cells affiliated Liwa Dawud which pleged allegiance to ISIL in 2014 and members of Liwa al-Haqq.[13]
See also
- List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
References
- "Guide to the Syrian rebels". BBC. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- "The Other Syrian Peace Process". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- "Rebels launch full-on assault of Idlib city". Syria Direct. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2015-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Islamic State closes in on Syrian city of Aleppo; U.S. abandons rebel training effort". Reuters. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141107114308/http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/al-qaida-jabhat-al-nusra-allied-militias-advance-idlib-whipping-us-vetted-militias/
- https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/analysis-nusra-front-cements-its-place-syria
- Sami Moubayed (30 September 2015). "Russia's moves in Syria are 'unprecedented'". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/11/al-nusrah-front-shows-captured-humvees-in-aleppo.php
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200501194929/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT98ntjWsAAeSIJ?format=png&name=medium
- https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/05/jaysh-al-fath-coalition-launches-new-offensive-in-aleppo-province.php
- https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/al-qaedas-latest-rebranding-hayat-tahrir-al-sham
- https://nedaa-sy.com/en/news/6958
External links
- Liwa al-Haqq on Twitter
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