Liwa al-Haqq ( ar, لواء الحق, meaning "Right Brigade") was an armed Islamist insurgent group that was active during the
Syrian Civil War in the
Homs
Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...
region.
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On 11 August 2012, a group of Islamist-leaning brigades in ]Homs
Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...
formed Liwa al-Haqq, which went on to become in the next year one of the most prominent fighting groups in the area.[
In December 2012, Liwa al-Haqq joined with other insurgent groups to form the ]Syrian Islamic Front
The Syrian Islamic Front ( ar, الجبهة الإسلامية السورية ''al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyya as-Sūriyyah''; abbreviated SIF) was an Insurgent umbrella organisation alliance of various Sunni Salafi Islamist Rebel factions against th ...
umbrella organization,Ansar al-Sham
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, war=the Syrian Civil War
, image= Ansar al-Sham Logo Flag of Ansar al-Sham
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, active=September 2012 – present
, ideology=Sunni Islamism
*Salafism
**Salafi jihadism
, leaders=Abu Omar al-Jamil(overall leader)Abu ...
and Ahrar al-Sham joined the broader Islamic Front alliance.[
By April 2014, Liwa al-Haqq had reportedly been weakened in the wake of advances made by the Syrian military in the Homs region,]Ahrar al-Sham
Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya ( ar-at, حركة أحرار الشام الإسلامية, Ḥarakat Aḥrāru š-Šām al-Islāmiyah, lit=Islamic Movement of the Freemen of the Levant), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition ...
in December 2014.[
]
See also
* List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the ongoing Syrian Civil War as belligerents.
Syrian Arab Republic and allies
A number of sources have emphasized that as of at least late-2015/early-2016 the Syrian Arab Republic ...
References
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{{2011 Syrian uprising
Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war