Liwa Jund al-Haramain
| Liwa Jund al-Haramain لواء جند الحرمين | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Ibrahim al-Bannawi Othman Othman |
| Dates of operation | 2012-Unknown |
| Group(s) | 17th Battalion 19th Brigade |
| Part of |  Syrian Civil War
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Liwa Jund al-Haramain is a Syrian rebel group aligned with the Syrian Democratic Forces, and part of the Manbij Military Council and SDF-member group Northern Sun Battalion.
Background
The group was formed in 2012 in
History
On 22 July 2013, the commander of Liwa Jund al-Haramain's 19th Brigade was killed in
On 17 November 2013, Liwa Jund al-Haramain clashed with ISIL, Liwa Ahrar Souriya and Daraa al-Jazeera, as well as another faction believed to be associated with ISIL after days of tensions in Manbij, between Liwa Jund al-Haramain and other factions in the city. The group's headquarters were stormed by ISIL and allied opposition groups, and a drive-by type shooting also occurred at their headquarters. The clashes came after Jund al-Haramain reportedly overran the headquarters of other factions in the city, and killed the mother and son of an ISIL fighter by shooting at the car they were in.[4]
On 3 January 2014, after the formation of the Army of Mujahideen rebel alliance, Liwa Jund al-Haramain joined the alliance, alongside the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement and Ansar al-Khilafah, a Hizb ut-Tahrir aligned group. On the same day the Army of Mujahideen declared war on ISIL with the Syrian Revolutionaries Front.[5]
In March 2016, the group joined the Syrian Democratic Forces.[6]
In August 2017, Ibrahim al-Banawi the commander of Liwa Jund al-Haramain defected to the
References
- ^ "Syrian Civil War factions".
- ^ "لواء جند الحرمين ينضم إلى " قوات سوريا الديمقراطية"".
- ^ "مقتل القائد العسكري للواء جند الحرمين التابع للفرقة 19 الملازم أول "صلاح نبهان"".
- ^ تصعيد في منبج و"داعش" تهاجم مقر "جند الحرمين" [Escalation in Manbij and "IS" attack the headquarters of "Jund al-Haramain"]. 3arabionline.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ Lund, Aron. "The Mujahideen Army of Aleppo". Carnegie Middle East Center. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "من هو "لواء جند الحرمين" الذي انضم لقوات سوريا الديمقراطية لقتال تنظيم الدولة ؟". 2016-03-10.
- ^ Illingworth, Andrew (28 August 2017). "BREAKING: Two top US-backed SDF commanders defect to Syrian Army (Photos)". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. Retrieved 22 November 2019.