Leon Sedov Brigade

Leon Sedov Brigade
Leon Sedov Brigade
لواء ليون سيدوف
	Anti-Islamism (disputed) Pro-Kurdish self-determination;
Size	200
Part of	Free Syrian Army Levant Front (May – June 2015);
Opponents	Syrian loyalists Syrian Armed Forces; Ba'ath Brigades; Syrian Social Nationalist Party; Liwa al-Quds; Syrian Resistance; Baqir Brigade; Iran and allied foreign Shia jihadist militias Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Hezbollah; Liwa Zainebiyoun; Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba; Badr Brigades; Liwa Fatemiyoun; Popular Mobilization Forces; Russia; Salafi jihadist militias Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2013); Nour al-Din al-Zenki; Al-Nusra Front; Ahrar al-Sham (sometimes); Syrian Democratic Forces People's Protection Units; Women's Protection Units; Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign; 2016 Aleppo summer campaign; Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016); ; Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012–April 2013); Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war;

The Leon Sedov Brigade (

US-led coalition-backed Syrian Democratic Forces) as imperialist.^[3]

History

The Leon Sedov Brigade was founded in

Syrian government alongside armed Syrian opposition groups. Members of the Leon Sedov Brigade worked in factories and on construction sites in Aleppo

to build local ties and raise funds, as well as to recruit local fighters to build a "workers' army".

In 2013, the Leon Sedov Brigade came into conflict with the

Jabhat al-Nusra

. Al-Nusra reportedly asked the Leon Sedov Brigade to release the Shabiha commander. The Leon Sedov Brigade again refused; al-Nusra responded by sending a group of Central Asian fighters to attack the Leon Sedov Brigade, and the Shabiha commander was released soon after.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2013 and held for several days inside a school. He claims ISIL attempted to blackmail him and took his possessions. Protestors later demanded that ISIL release him and a local helped him escape. He claims that after escaping from ISIL's custody they apologized for detaining him, returned his possessions, and offered him food for Ramadan

.

The Leon Sedov Brigade fought alongside an assortment of other rebel groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Sham Legion, and attempted to form a united front against the Syrian government.

It opposes the U.S. intervention in Syria against ISIL which began in 2014.^[5] In a statement from Aleppo in 2015, it condemned Kurdish leaders for collaborating with the Syrian government.^[6]

The Leon Sedov Brigade joined the

YPG.^{[citation needed]} They eventually disbanded after the fall of Aleppo.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Revolutionaries for Hire - Mattia Salvia". The Baffler. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "Permanent Revolution Collective - The anti-imperialism of fools (the labor movement and counter-revolution in Syria)". www.revolucionpermanente.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Leftist Groups on the Syrian Civil War". Syria in Brief. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Roche, Cody (5 December 2017). "The Trotskyist León Sedov Brigade in the Syrian Revolution". Medium. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Leon Sedov Brigade (25 September 2014). "US imperialism bombs on the Syrian free zones to establish the counterrevolution and keep all the business deals for itself". FLTI. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ Leon Sedov Brigade (4 September 2015). "From the Heart of the Worker Neighbourhood of Aleppo resisting Against the Dog Bashar". FLTI. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

History

References

See also