Liwa al-Haqq (Homs)
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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.[2][3]
Liwa al-Haqq | |
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لواء الحق | |
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Leaders | Sheikh Abu Rateb[1] |
Dates of operation | 11 August 2012[2][3]–8 December 2014[4] |
Active regions | Homs Governorate, Syria[5] |
Ideology | Islamism[6] |
Part of | Islamic Front[3] Syrian Islamic Front (formerly)[3] Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[7] |
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 |
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.[2] Important sub-units include Katibat al-Furati, Kataeb Atbaa al-Rasoul and Katibat al-Ansar.[2]
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.[3]
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 al-Sham in December 2014.[4]
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