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 (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
لواء الحق‎
Liwa al-Haqq logo
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 Battle of Homs
Succeeded by Ahrar al-Sham[4]

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]

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

References

1. "Say Hello to the Islamic Front". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
2. "Syria's Salafi Insurgents: the Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front" (PDF). Swedish Institute for International Affairs. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
3. "A Power Move by Syria's Rebel Forces". Institute for the Study of War. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
4. "Islamist Mergers in Syria: Ahrar al-Sham Swallows Suqour al-Sham". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
5. 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.
6. "Factbox: Syrian rebels against opposition coalition". Reuters. 25 September 2013. 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. "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.

External links

• Liwa al-Haqq on X (in Arabic)