| Liwa al-Haqq(Idlib) | |
|---|---|
| لواء الحق بريف إدلب | |
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| Headquarters | Idlib,Syria |
| Active regions | Hama Governorate,Syria[1] Idlib Governorate,Syria[2] |
| Ideology | Salafi Jihadism[3] |
| Part of |  Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance[2] Army of Conquest[4]Fatah Halab[5] |
| Allies |  Islamic State of Iraq(2013) Liwaa al-Umma Jund al-Aqsa[2] Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement |
| Opponents |  Ba'athist Syria Iran Russia |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
| Designated as a terrorist group by |  Malaysia[7] |
Liwa al-Haqq (Arabic:لواء الحق بريف إدلب, Right Brigade or Truth Brigade), was a SyrianIslamist rebel group that was active during theSyrian Civil War until joiningHayat Tahrir al-Sham in 2017.[2]
On 31 October 2014, amid fighting betweenal-Nusra and the western-backedHazzm Movement andSyrian Revolutionaries Front, Liwa al-Haqq along with 13 other rebel groups inIdlib established a peace keeping force to mediate the conflict between al-Nusra and the western backed groups, among the peace keeping factions includedAhrar al-Sham,Jaysh al-Islam,Suqour al-Sham and theNour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.[8]
In May 2015, Liwa al-Haqq was part of a joint rebel offensive alongside theal-Nusra Front,Ajnad al-Kavkaz,Jund al-Aqsa, andFaylaq al-Sham against the Syrian government in northwestern Syria, that eventually led to the rebel takeover of much of theIdlib Governorate, including the governorate's capitalIdlib.[9]
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."[10]
In October 2015, a Russianair raid targeted a Liwa al-Haqq base in theRaqqa Governorate usingKAB-500KR precision-guided bombs, reportedly killing two seniorIS commanders and up to 200 militants.[11]
In November 2015, Liwa al-Haqq and al-Nusra both released photos of an American madeHumvee captured from an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militia in southern Aleppo, that was believed to beKataib Hezbollah.[12][13]
In early May 2016, Liwa al-Haqq took part in a campaign part of theArmy of Conquest coalition in southern Aleppo, during the offensive al-Nusra deployedSVBIEDs targeting Shiite militia fighters in the area, and Jund al-Aqsa carried out separate attacks in coordination with al-Nusra and theTurkistan Islamic Party in Syria during the offensive.[14]
On 28 January 2017, Liwa al-Haqq, alongside theNour al-Din al-Zenki Movement,Jabhat Ansar al-Din,Jaysh al-Sunna andJabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was formerly al-Nusra until disengaging from al-Qaeda and rebranding in 2016, together merged to formHayat Tahrir al-Sham.[15]
In June 2018,Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrested several members ofIS-linked cells in easternIdlib, including cells affiliatedLiwa Dawud which pledged allegiance to IS in 2014 and members of Liwa al-Haqq.[16]
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