Liwa al-Haqq (Homs)

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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 (Homs) Logo.png
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

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External links

  • Liwa al-Haqq on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (Arabic)
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