Suqour al-Ezz ( ar, كتيبة صقور العز), also spelled ''Suqour al-Izz'',
[ was a group composed of primarily Saudi jihadists that have been active during the Syrian Civil War.]Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...
and the al-Nusra Front
Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra ( ar, جبهة النصرة لأهل الشام, Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-Ahl ish-Sham lit. ''Front of the Supporters of the People of Syria/the Levant''), known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ( ar, جبهة فتح ال ...
, it originally operated as an independent jihadist group while still cooperating on the battlefield with both groups.[ However, in January 2014, the group joined al-Nusra.][
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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 ...
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{{Syrian Civil War
Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war
Islamist groups
Islamism in Syria
Jihadist groups in Syria