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{{infobox war faction
{{infobox war faction
|name=Northern Division
| name = Northern Division
|native_name=الفرقة الشمالية
| native_name = الفرقة الشمالية
|native_name_lang=Ar
| native_name_lang = Ar
|war=the [[Syrian Civil War]]
| war = the [[Syrian Civil War]]
|image= [[File:Flag of the Northern Division (Syrian rebel group).jpg|250px]]<br>Logo of the Northern Division<br>[[File:Flag of the Knights of Justice Brigade.svg|250px]]<br>Flag of the Knights of Justice Brigade
| image = [[File:Flag of the Northern Division (Syrian rebel group).jpg|250px]]<br>Logo of the Northern Division<br>[[File:Flag of the Knights of Justice Brigade.svg|250px]]<br>Flag of the Knights of Justice Brigade
|caption=
| caption =
|active=*25 February 2012—present (Knights of Justice Brigade)<ref name=jf>{{cite news|url=https://jamestown.org/brief/february-2016-briefs-free/|title=LIWA FURSAN'S MODERATE SYRIAN FIELD COMMANDER LT. COLONEL FARES AL-BAYOUSH|work=Jamestown|date=29 February 2016}}</ref>
| active = *25 February 2012—present (Knights of Justice Brigade)<ref name=jf>{{cite news|url=https://jamestown.org/brief/february-2016-briefs-free/|title=LIWA FURSAN'S MODERATE SYRIAN FIELD COMMANDER LT. COLONEL FARES AL-BAYOUSH|work=Jamestown|date=29 February 2016}}</ref>
*December 2015—present (Northern Division)<ref name=thomas>{{cite tweet |user= arabthomness|number= 674277870525620224|date= 8 December 2015|title= #Syria: Liwa Fursan al-Haqq and the 101st Infantry Division announce a merger to for Furqat al-Shamaliah (#FSA)}}</ref>
*December 2015—present (Northern Division)<ref name=thomas>{{cite tweet |user= arabthomness|number= 674277870525620224|date= 8 December 2015|title= #Syria: Liwa Fursan al-Haqq and the 101st Infantry Division announce a merger to for Furqat al-Shamaliah (#FSA)}}</ref>
|ideology=
| ideology =
|clans= *{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Knights of Justice Brigade.svg}} Knights of Justice Brigade
| clans = *{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Knights of Justice Brigade.svg}} Knights of Justice Brigade
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the 101st Division (Syrian rebel group).svg}} [[101st Infantry Division (Syrian rebel group)|101st Infantry Division]] (December 2015—June 2016)
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the 101st Division (Syrian rebel group).svg}} [[101st Infantry Division (Syrian rebel group)|101st Infantry Division]] (December 2015—June 2016)
|leaders= *Lt. Col. [[Fares Bayoush]] (former, resigned in 2017)<ref name=resign>{{cite web|url=http://www.alhayat.com/Articles/19917991/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86--%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1--%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A9--%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF-|title=The resignation of a leader of the "army Idlib free" to face the "black banners of cross-border"|work=Al-Hayat|date=2 February 2017|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204124837/http://www.alhayat.com/Articles/19917991/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86--%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1--%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A9--%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF-|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| leaders = *Lt. Col. [[Fares Bayoush]] (former, resigned in 2017)<ref name=resign>{{cite web|url=http://www.alhayat.com/Articles/19917991/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86--%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1--%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A9--%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF-|title=The resignation of a leader of the "army Idlib free" to face the "black banners of cross-border"|work=Al-Hayat|date=2 February 2017|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204124837/http://www.alhayat.com/Articles/19917991/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86--%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1--%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A9--%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF-|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1st Lt. Mohamed Khaled Bayoush<ref name=najat>{{cite web|url=http://aletihadpress.com/2016/11/23/%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A/|title=Najat leader of the free Idlib Jaish Albyosh an assassination attempt Brive Idlib|work=Al-Etihad Press|date=23 November 2016|access-date=15 January 2017|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116171353/http://aletihadpress.com/2016/11/23/%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1st Lt. Mohamed Khaled Bayoush<ref name=najat>{{cite web|url=http://aletihadpress.com/2016/11/23/%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A/|title=Najat leader of the free Idlib Jaish Albyosh an assassination attempt Brive Idlib|work=Al-Etihad Press|date=23 November 2016|access-date=15 January 2017|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116171353/http://aletihadpress.com/2016/11/23/%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|headquarters=[[Kafr Nabl]]
| headquarters = [[Kafr Nabl]]
|area=*[[Hama Governorate]]
| area = *[[Hama Governorate]]
*[[Idlib Governorate]]
*[[Idlib Governorate]]
*[[Aleppo Governorate]]
*[[Aleppo Governorate]]
|size= *1,400 total, 300 active combatants (2013)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-worries-of-a-syrian-rebel-commander|title=The Worries of a Syrian Rebel Commander|magazine=The New Yorker|date=19 December 2013}}</ref>
| size = *1,400 total, 300 active combatants (2013)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-worries-of-a-syrian-rebel-commander|title=The Worries of a Syrian Rebel Commander|magazine=The New Yorker|date=19 December 2013}}</ref>
*1,200 (2015)<ref name=moderate/>
*1,200 (2015)<ref name=moderate/>
|partof=*{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} [[Free Syrian Army]]
| partof = *{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} [[Free Syrian Army]]
**{{flagicon image|New Logo of the Free Idlib Army.svg}} [[Free Idlib Army]]
**{{flagicon image|New Logo of the Free Idlib Army.svg}} [[Free Idlib Army]]
**{{flagicon image|Logo of the 5th Corps (Syrian rebel group).svg}} [[5th Corps (Syrian rebel group)|5th Corps]] (2014–2015)
**{{flagicon image|Logo of the 5th Corps (Syrian rebel group).svg}} [[5th Corps (Syrian rebel group)|5th Corps]] (2014–2015)
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*[[File:Mare' Operations Room Insignia.svg|25px]] [[Mare' Operations Room]] (2014–2016)
*[[File:Mare' Operations Room Insignia.svg|25px]] [[Mare' Operations Room]] (2014–2016)
*[[Hawar Kilis Operations Room]]
*[[Hawar Kilis Operations Room]]
|predecessor= Knights of Justice Battalion
| predecessor = Knights of Justice Battalion
|successor=
| successor =
|allies=*{{flagicon image|Flag of the 101st Division (Syrian rebel group).svg}} [[101st Infantry Division (Syrian rebel group)|101st Infantry Division]]
| allies = *{{flagicon image|Flag of the 101st Division (Syrian rebel group).svg}} [[101st Infantry Division (Syrian rebel group)|101st Infantry Division]]
*{{Flagicon image|Alternate flag of the Mountain Hawks Brigade.png}} [[Mountain Hawks Brigade]]
*{{Flagicon image|Alternate flag of the Mountain Hawks Brigade.png}} [[Mountain Hawks Brigade]]
*[[File:Insignia of the 13th Division.svg|25px]] [[13th Division (Syrian rebel group)|13th Division]]
*[[File:Insignia of the 13th Division.svg|25px]] [[13th Division (Syrian rebel group)|13th Division]]
*[[File:Logo of the Islamic Front (Syria).svg|25px]] [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]]
*[[File:Logo of the Islamic Front (Syria).svg|25px]] [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]]
|opponents=*[[Image:Syria Armed Forces Emblem.svg|25px]] [[Syrian Armed Forces]]
| opponents = *{{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (1980–2024).svg}} [[Syrian Armed Forces]]
*[[National Defence Forces (Syria)|National Defence Forces]]
*{{flagicon image|InfoboxNDF.png}} [[National Defence Forces (Syria)|National Defence Forces]]
*[[File:AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg|25px]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]
*[[File:AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg|25px]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg|25px}} [[Syrian Democratic Forces]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg|25px}} [[Syrian Democratic Forces]]
|battles=[[Syrian Civil War]]
| battles = [[Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)]]
* [[Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)]]
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The '''Northern Division''' ({{lang-ar-at|الفرقة الشمالية}}), formerly the '''Knights of Justice Brigade''' ({{lang-ar|لواء فرسان الحق}}, ''{{transl|ar|Liwa Fursan al-Haqq}}''), is a [[Free Syrian Army]] group sanctioned by the [[Syrian National Council]] and formerly part of the [[Syrian Revolutionary Command Council]].<ref name=tac>{{cite web |url=http://the-arab-chronicle.com/exclusive-18-syrian-revolutionary-factions-advancing-toward-one-army-project/|title=EXCLUSIVE – 18 Syrian revolutionary factions advancing toward a One Army project|work=The Arab Chronicle|accessdate=24 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115620/http://the-arab-chronicle.com/exclusive-18-syrian-revolutionary-factions-advancing-toward-one-army-project/# |archive-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> The group received [[BGM-71 TOW]] missiles from the [[United States]] and [[Saudi Arabia]], and is also armed, trained, and funded by [[Qatar]].<ref name=moderate>{{cite web|url=https://hasanmustafas.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-moderate-rebels-a-complete-and-growing-list-of-vetted-groups-fielding-tow-missiles/|title=THE MODERATE REBELS: A GROWING LIST OF VETTED GROUPS FIELDING BGM-71 TOW ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILES|work=Hasan Mustafas|date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="fifth"/> This group fought against the Syrian government and and The Terroist group
The '''Northern Division''' ({{langx|ar|الفرقة الشمالية}}), formerly the '''Knights of Justice Brigade''' ({{langx|ar|لواء فرسان الحق}}, ''{{transl|ar|Liwa Fursan al-Haqq}}''), is a [[Free Syrian Army]] group sanctioned by the [[Syrian National Council]] and formerly part of the [[Syrian Revolutionary Command Council]].<ref name=tac>{{cite web |url=http://the-arab-chronicle.com/exclusive-18-syrian-revolutionary-factions-advancing-toward-one-army-project/|title=EXCLUSIVE – 18 Syrian revolutionary factions advancing toward a One Army project|work=The Arab Chronicle|accessdate=24 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115620/http://the-arab-chronicle.com/exclusive-18-syrian-revolutionary-factions-advancing-toward-one-army-project/# |archive-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> The group received [[BGM-71 TOW]] missiles from the [[United States]] and [[Saudi Arabia]], and is also armed, trained, and funded by [[Qatar]].<ref name=moderate>{{cite web|url=https://hasanmustafas.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-moderate-rebels-a-complete-and-growing-list-of-vetted-groups-fielding-tow-missiles/|title=THE MODERATE REBELS: A GROWING LIST OF VETTED GROUPS FIELDING BGM-71 TOW ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILES|work=Hasan Mustafas|date=8 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="fifth"/>


==History==
==History==

Latest revision as of 13:23, 26 December 2024

Northern Division
الفرقة الشمالية
Leaders
Dates of operation
  • 25 February 2012—present (Knights of Justice Brigade)[3]
  • December 2015—present (Northern Division)[4]
Group(s)
HeadquartersKafr Nabl
Active regions
Size
  • 1,400 total, 300 active combatants (2013)[5]
  • 1,200 (2015)[6]
Part of
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Preceded by
Knights of Justice Battalion

The Northern Division (Arabic: الفرقة الشمالية), formerly the Knights of Justice Brigade (Arabic: لواء فرسان الحق, Liwa Fursan al-Haqq), is a Free Syrian Army group sanctioned by the Syrian National Council and formerly part of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council.[10] The group received BGM-71 TOW missiles from the United States and Saudi Arabia, and is also armed, trained, and funded by Qatar.[6][11]

History

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The Knights of Justice Battalion was formed on 25 February 2012 by a defected Syrian Army first lieutenant Mohammed Khaled Bayoush in the town of Kafr Nabl in the Idlib Governorate. In September 2012 the group changed its name to the Knights of Justice Brigade after absorbing several smaller rebel groups. Former Syrian Air Force lieutenant colonel Fares Bayoush became its overall commander.[3]

In June 2013, the group was one of the founding members of the 13th Division, but later left the group.[12]

The group received funding, including salaries for its fighters, from the CIA, before being cut off in December 2014 following battlefield reversals at the hands of the al-Nusra Front.[13]

The brigade joined a "quick response unit" of 600 fighters alongside other moderate and jihadist groups on 8 July 2014 to fight the Syrian Army and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Aleppo.[14] It suspended its cooperation with al-Nusra Front on 21 July 2014.[15] On 7 September 2014, the Knights of Justice Brigade announced that they were allying their forces with four other rebel groups, including the 101st Division[16] and the 13th Division,[11] into the 5th Corps.[16]

In March 2015, the "Famous Brigade" which consisted of 170 fighters joined the Knights of Justice Brigade.[17]

In mid-2015 the group renewed cooperation with the al-Nusra Front as part of the Army of Conquest during the northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015).[3]

In September 2015 the 117 recruits from the group graduated after 3 months of training.[18]

In December 2015 the Knights of Justice Brigade and the 101st Infantry Division formed the Northern Division.[4] However, the 101st Division later left the group in June 2016, making the Knights of Justice Brigade the only component of the group.[19]

In June 2016, Mohammed Khaled Bayoush survived an assassination attempt by car bomb near Kafr Nabl. He later became the deputy commander in the Free Idlib Army which the Northern Division is part of, and survived another assassination attempt near Kafr Nabl.[2]

31 January 2017, Lt. Col. Fares Bayoush resigned from his positions in the Northern Division and the Free Idlib Army, citing "Black Standards" in Idlib. Bayoush claims that 12,000 rebel fighters have recently sought refuge in Turkey.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The resignation of a leader of the "army Idlib free" to face the "black banners of cross-border"". Al-Hayat. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Najat leader of the free Idlib Jaish Albyosh an assassination attempt Brive Idlib". Al-Etihad Press. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "LIWA FURSAN'S MODERATE SYRIAN FIELD COMMANDER LT. COLONEL FARES AL-BAYOUSH". Jamestown. 29 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b @arabthomness (8 December 2015). "#Syria: Liwa Fursan al-Haqq and the 101st Infantry Division announce a merger to for Furqat al-Shamaliah (#FSA)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "The Worries of a Syrian Rebel Commander". The New Yorker. 19 December 2013.
  6. ^ a b "THE MODERATE REBELS: A GROWING LIST OF VETTED GROUPS FIELDING BGM-71 TOW ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILES". Hasan Mustafas. 8 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Oppositions agree on 'big Aleppo operation'". Yeni Şafak. 3 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  8. ^ "In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA". Los Angeles Times. 27 March 2016.
  9. ^ Vaux, Michael Weiss|Pierre (5 February 2016). "Are U.S. Missiles Taking Out Russian Military Officials?". The Daily Beast.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "EXCLUSIVE – 18 Syrian revolutionary factions advancing toward a One Army project". The Arab Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "18 6 Ugarit statement the formation of the band 13 in Idlib province". Ugarit News. 18 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Rebels in northern Syria say U.S. has stopped paying them". McClatchy Newspapers. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015. "In November we received all kinds of support including salaries. This month support stopped completely," said Col. Fares Bayyoush, leader of the Fursan al Haqq Brigade in Kafr Nabel, a town about 20 miles south of the city of Idlib.
  14. ^ "Syrian Military Preparing to Launch Offensive in Aleppo". Institute for the Study of War. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Hazm Movement and Syrian Revolutionary Front: Suspending All Forms of Cooperation with Nusra". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  16. ^ a b "Merger of Five Rebel Factions into the Fifth Corps". National Coalition of Syrian and Revolutionary Forces. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  17. ^ "Join the faction's "famous Brigades" to "the banner of the Knights of the right" in Idlib". SMART News Agency. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  18. ^ "FSA's Fursan al-Haq Brigade Completes Training of Second Batch of Fighters". Etilaf. 30 September 2015.
  19. ^ "The 101st Infantry statement on separation from Knights of Justice". Youtube. 10 June 2016.
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