Liwa al-Haqq (, meaning "Right Brigade") was an armed Islamist insurgent group that was active during the
Syrian Civil War in the
Homs
Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level, above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is ...
region.
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On 11 August 2012, a group of Islamist-leaning brigades in ]Homs
Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level, above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is ...
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 ( ''al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyya as-Sūriyyah''; abbreviated SIF) was a Salafist alliance of various Islamist factions opposed to Bashar al-Assad that sought the transformation of Syria into an Islamic state under Sharia.
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umbrella organization, in November 2013 the SIF was dissolved and Liwa al-Haqq, Ansar al-Sham
Kata'ib Ansar al-Sham (, ''Supporters of the Levant Brigades'') is an armed Sunni Islamist rebel group active in the Syrian Civil War, mainly fighting against Syrian government forces.
Background
Founded in September 2012 by a Latakian veter ...
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 (), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, was a coalition of multiple Sunni Islamist units that coalesced into a single brigade and later a division in order to fight against the Syrian Government led by Bas ...
in December 2014.[
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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 Syrian civil war (2011–present) as belligerents. The main groups were Ba'athist Syria and allies, Syrian opposition, the Syrian opposition and allies, Al-Qaeda and affiliate ...
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{{2011 Syrian uprising
Anti-Assad factions of the Syrian civil war