Liwa al-Haqq (Idlib)
لواء الحق بريف إدلب
Active regionsHama Governorate, Syria[1]
Idlib Governorate, Syria[2]
IdeologySunni Islamism[1]
Part of Syrian Islamic Liberation Front
Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance[2]
Army of Conquest[3]
Fatah Halab[4]
Allies Islamic State of Iraq (2013)
Liwaa al-Umma
Jund al-Aqsa[2]
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement
Opponents Syria
 Iran
 Russia
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Designated as a terrorist group by Malaysia[6]

Liwa al-Haqq (Arabic: لواء الحق بريف إدلب, Right Brigade or Truth Brigade), is a Syrian Islamist rebel group that was active during the Syrian Civil War until joining Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in 2017.[2]

History

On 31 October 2014, amid fighting between al-Nusra and the western-backed Hazzm Movement and Syrian Revolutionaries Front, Liwa al-Haqq along with 13 other rebel groups in Idlib established a peace keeping force to mediate the conflict between al-Nusra and the western backed groups, among the peace keeping factions included Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam, Suqour al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.[7]

In May 2015, Liwa al-Haqq was part of a joint rebel offensive alongside the al-Nusra Front, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Jund al-Aqsa, and Faylaq al-Sham against the Syrian government in northwestern Syria, that eventually led to the rebel takeover of much of the Idlib Governorate, including the governorate's capital Idlib.[8]

In September 2015, In response to reports of Russian intervention, Liwa al-Haqq commander Abu Abdullah Taftanaz posted a tweet addressing "infidel Russians", and threatening to "slaughter you like pigs."[9]

In October 2015, a Russian air raid targeted a Liwa al-Haqq base in the Raqqa Governorate using KAB-500KR precision-guided bombs, reportedly killing two senior ISIL commanders and up to 200 militants.[10]

In November 2015, Liwa al-Haqq and al-Nusra both released photos of an American made Humvee captured from an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militia in southern Aleppo, that was believed to be Kataib Hezbollah.[11][12]

In early May 2016, Liwa al-Haqq took part in a campaign part of the Army of Conquest coalition in southern Aleppo, during the offensive al-Nusra deployed SVBIEDs targeting Shiite militia fighters in the area, and Jund al-Aqsa carried out separate attacks in coordination with al-Nusra and the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria during the offensive.[13]

On 28 January 2017, Liwa al-Haqq, alongside the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, Jabhat Ansar al-Din, Jaysh al-Sunna and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was formerly al-Nusra until disengaging from al-Qaeda and rebranding in 2016, together merged to form Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.[14]

In June 2018, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrested several members of ISIL-linked cells in eastern Idlib, including cells affiliated Liwa Dawud which pledged allegiance to ISIL in 2014 and members of Liwa al-Haqq.[15]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Guide to the Syrian rebels". BBC. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Other Syrian Peace Process". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Rebels launch full-on assault of Idlib city". Syria Direct. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2015-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Islamic State closes in on Syrian city of Aleppo; U.S. abandons rebel training effort". Reuters. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.moha.gov.my/images/maklumat_bahagian/KK/kdndomestic.pdf
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". www.joshualandis.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "ANALYSIS: Nusra Front cements its place in Syria".
  9. ↑ Sami Moubayed (30 September 2015). "Russia's moves in Syria are 'unprecedented'". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Russian air force hits 60 Islamic State targets in Syria, kills 300 jihadists". The Times of India. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Al Nusrah Front shows captured Humvees in Aleppo | FDD's Long War Journal".
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". pbs.twimg.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ↑ "Jaysh al Fath coalition launches new offensive in Aleppo province | FDD's Long War Journal".
  14. ↑ "Al Qaeda's Latest Rebranding: Hay'at Tahrir al Sham | Wilson Center".
  15. ↑ https://nedaa-sy.com/en/news/6958
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