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{{Short description|Armed Islamist insurgent group, 2012–2014}}
{{about|the Liwa al-Haqq group in Homs|the Liwa al-Haqq in Idlib|Liwa al-Haqq (Idlib, Syria)}}
{{about|the Liwa al-Haqq group in Homs|the Liwa al-Haqq in Idlib|Liwa al-Haqq (Idlib, Syria)}}
{{infobox war faction
{{infobox war faction
|name=Liwa al-Haqq
| name = Liwa al-Haqq
|native_name=لواء الحق
| native_name = {{script/Arabic|لواء الحق}}
|native_name_lang=Ar
| native_name_lang = Ar
|war=the [[Syrian civil war]]
| war = the [[Syrian civil war]]
|image=[[File:Liwa al-Haqq (Homs) Logo.png|150px]]
| image = [[File:Liwa al-Haqq (Homs) Logo.png|150px]]
|caption=Liwa al-Haqq logo
| caption = Liwa al-Haqq logo
|active=11 August 2012-present<ref name=LundSIF/><ref name=ISW22Nov>{{cite web|url=http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-power-move-by-syrias-rebel-forces.html|title=A Power Move by Syria's Rebel Forces|publisher=Institute for the Study of War|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref>
| active = 11 August 2012<ref name=LundSIF/><ref name=ISW22Nov>{{cite web|url=http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-power-move-by-syrias-rebel-forces.html|title=A Power Move by Syria's Rebel Forces|publisher=Institute for the Study of War|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref>–8 December 2014<ref name=ceip23march>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=59471|title=Islamist Mergers in Syria: Ahrar al-Sham Swallows Suqour al-Sham|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|date=23 March 2015|accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref>
|ideology=[[Islamism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/25/us-syria-crisis-opposition-factbox-idUSBRE98O0Q720130925|title=Factbox: Syrian rebels against opposition coalition|publisher=Reuters|date=25 September 2013|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref>
| ideology = [[Islamism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-opposition-factbox-idUSBRE98O0Q720130925|title=Factbox: Syrian rebels against opposition coalition|publisher=Reuters|date=25 September 2013|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref>
|leaders=Sheikh Abu Rateb<ref name="ceip22Nov">{{cite web|url=http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/index.cfm?fa=53679&lang=en&postCommentStatus=1&reloadFlag=1|title=Say Hello to the Islamic Front|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>
| leaders = Sheikh Abu Rateb<ref name="ceip22Nov">{{cite web|url=http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/index.cfm?fa=53679&lang=en&postCommentStatus=1&reloadFlag=1 |title=Say Hello to the Islamic Front |publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |date=22 November 2013 |accessdate=19 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519055312/http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/index.cfm?fa=53679&lang=en&postCommentStatus=1&reloadFlag=1 |archivedate=19 May 2014 }}</ref>
| clans = * katibat al-Furati
|groups=
* Kataeb Atbaa al-Rasoul
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|headquarters=
* Katibat al-Ansar
|area=[[Homs Governorate]], [[Syria]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-syrian-islamic-front-a-new-extremist-force|title=The Syrian Islamic Front: A New Extremist Force|publisher=The Washington Institute for Near East Policy|date=4 February 2013|accessdate=15 May 2014|author=Aaron Y. Zelin}}</ref>
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| headquarters =
|previous=
| area = [[Homs Governorate]], [[Syria]]
|strength=
| size =
|partof=[[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]]<ref name=ISW22Nov/><br>[[Syrian Islamic Front]] (formerly)<ref name=ISW22Nov/><br>[[Syrian Revolutionary Command Council]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gohasnail.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/translation-the-formation-of-the-syrian-revolutionary-command-council/|title=Translation: the Formation of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council|accessdate=6 August 2014|publisher=Goha's Nail|date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
| partof = [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]]<ref name=ISW22Nov/><br>[[Syrian Islamic Front]] (formerly)<ref name=ISW22Nov/><br>[[Syrian Revolutionary Command Council]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gohasnail.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/translation-the-formation-of-the-syrian-revolutionary-command-council/|title=Translation: the Formation of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council|accessdate=6 August 2014|publisher=Goha's Nail|date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
|previous=
| predecessor =
|next=
| successor = [[Ahrar al-Sham]]<ref name=ceip23march/>
|allies= [[Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union]]<br> [[Army of Mujahedeen]]<br>Alweiat Al-Furqan<br> [[Sham Legion]]<br><ref name=ngs>{{cite news|url=http://notgeorgesabra.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/freedom-human-rights-rule-of-law-the-goals-and-guiding-principles-of-the-islamic-front-and-its-allies/|title=Freedom, Human Rights, Rule of Law: The Goals and Guiding Principles of the Islamic Front and Its Allies|date=17 May 2014|accessdate=17 May 2014|work=Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style}}</ref>
| allies = [[Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union]]<br> [[Army of Mujahedeen]]<br>[[Alwiya al-Furqan]]<br> [[Sham Legion]]<br><ref name=ngs>{{cite news|url=http://notgeorgesabra.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/freedom-human-rights-rule-of-law-the-goals-and-guiding-principles-of-the-islamic-front-and-its-allies/|title=Freedom, Human Rights, Rule of Law: The Goals and Guiding Principles of the Islamic Front and Its Allies|date=17 May 2014|accessdate=17 May 2014|work=Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style}}</ref>
|opponents={{flagicon image|Syrian Armed Forces Flag.svg}} [[Syrian Armed Forces]]<br>{{flagicon image|ShababFlag.svg}} [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<ref name=ngs/>
| opponents = {{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg}} [[Ba'athist Syria]]<br>{{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg}} [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<ref name=ngs/>
|battles=[[Syrian Civil War]]
| battles = [[Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Siege of Homs|Battle of Homs]]
* [[Siege of Homs|Battle of Homs]]
}}
}}


'''Liwa al-Haqq''' ({{lang-ar|لواء الحق}}, meaning "Right Brigade") is an armed Islamist insurgent group that has been active during the [[Syrian Civil War]] in the [[Homs Governorate|Homs]] region.<ref name=LundSIF/><ref name=ISW22Nov/>
'''Liwa al-Haqq''' ({{langx|ar|لواء الحق}}, meaning "Right Brigade") was an armed Islamist insurgent group that was active during the [[Syrian Civil War]] in the [[Homs Governorate|Homs]] region.<ref name=LundSIF/><ref name=ISW22Nov/>


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.<ref name=LundSIF>{{cite web|url=http://www.ui.se/eng/upl/files/86861.pdf|title=Syria's Salafi Insurgents: the Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front|publisher=Swedish Institute for International Affairs|date=19 March 2013 |accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref> Important sub-units include Katibat al-Furati, Kataeb Atbaa al-Rasoul and Katibat al-Ansar.<ref name=LundSIF/>
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.<ref name=LundSIF>{{cite web|url=http://www.ui.se/eng/upl/files/86861.pdf |title=Syria's Salafi Insurgents: the Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front |publisher=Swedish Institute for International Affairs |date=19 March 2013 |accessdate=19 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331204534/http://www.ui.se/eng/upl/files/86861.pdf |archivedate=31 March 2014 }}</ref> Important sub-units include Katibat al-Furati, Kataeb Atbaa al-Rasoul and Katibat al-Ansar.<ref name=LundSIF/>


In December 2012, Liwa al-Haqq joined with other insurgent groups to found the [[Syrian Islamic Front]] umbrella organisation,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-syrian-islamic-front-a-new-extremist-force | title=The Syrian Islamic Front: A New Extremist Force | publisher=Washington Institute for Near East Policy | date=19 May 2014}}</ref> in November 2013 the SIF was dissolved and Liwa al-Haqq, [[Ansar al-Sham]] and Ahrar al-Sham joined the broader [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]] alliance.<ref name=ISW22Nov/>
In December 2012, Liwa al-Haqq joined with other insurgent groups to form the [[Syrian Islamic Front]] umbrella organization, in November 2013 the SIF was dissolved and Liwa al-Haqq, [[Ansar al-Sham]] and Ahrar al-Sham joined the broader [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]] alliance.<ref name=ISW22Nov/>


By April 2014, Liwa al-Haqq had reportedly been weakened in the wake of advances made by the Syrian military in the Homs region.<ref name=ceip14april>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=55334|title=Politics of the Islamic Front, Part 6: Stagnation?|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|date=14 April 2014|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>
By April 2014, Liwa al-Haqq had reportedly been weakened in the wake of advances made by the Syrian military in the Homs region,<ref name=ceip14april>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=55334|title=Politics of the Islamic Front, Part 6: Stagnation?|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|date=14 April 2014|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref> and it merged with [[Ahrar al-Sham]] in December 2014.<ref name=ceip23march/>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of armed groups in the Syrian civil war]]
* [[List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{twitter|liwaaalhaq}} {{in lang|ar}}
* [http://www.l-al7aq.com/ Liwa al-Haq website] {{Ar icon}}
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* {{twitter|liwaaalhaq}} {{Ar icon}}


{{2011 Syrian uprising}}
{{2011 Syrian uprising}}


[[Category:Anti-government factions of the Syrian Civil War]]
[[Category:Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war]]

Latest revision as of 18:30, 23 December 2024

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
LeadersSheikh Abu Rateb[1]
Dates of operation11 August 2012[2][3]–8 December 2014[4]
Group(s)
  • katibat al-Furati
  • Kataeb Atbaa al-Rasoul
  • Katibat al-Ansar
Active regionsHoms Governorate, Syria
IdeologyIslamism[5]
Part ofIslamic Front[3]
Syrian Islamic Front (formerly)[3]
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[6]
AlliesAjnad al-Sham Islamic Union
Army of Mujahedeen
Alwiya al-Furqan
Sham Legion
[7]
Opponents Ba'athist Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[7]
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Succeeded by
Ahrar al-Sham[4]

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]

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, 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,[8] and it merged with Ahrar al-Sham in December 2014.[4]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b c d "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 b c d e "A Power Move by Syria's Rebel Forces". Institute for the Study of War. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Islamist Mergers in Syria: Ahrar al-Sham Swallows Suqour al-Sham". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Factbox: Syrian rebels against opposition coalition". Reuters. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Translation: the Formation of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council". Goha's Nail. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "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.
  8. ^ "Politics of the Islamic Front, Part 6: Stagnation?". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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