Idlib Martyrs' Brigade

Idlib Martyrs' Brigade
لواء شهداء إدلب
Liwa Shuhada’ Idlib
Leaders
  • Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Nasif[1]
  • Mohannad Eissa[2]
  • Basil Eissa  †[3]
Dates of operationEarly 2012 – 2014 (defunct)
Group(s)
  • Shield of Islam Battalion
  • Sword of Justice Battalion
  • Osama bin Zeid Battalion
  • Abdullah Rahman Battalion
  • Martyrs Muhammad Qasim Battalion
Active regionsIdlib Governorate, Syria
Size~900[1]
Part ofFree Syrian Army[4] Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades (2012–13)
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Preceded by
Syrian Liberation Army

The Idlib Martyrs' Brigade (Arabic: لواء شهداء إدلب, Liwa Shuhada Idlib) was an armed rebel group that fought against the Syrian government in the Idlib Governorate of Syria.[6] It first operated under the name Syrian Liberation Army (Arabic: جيش التحرير السوري), but had renamed itself by the end of April 2012.[3] It was a loose coalition of localized forces, mostly composed of armed Syrian civilians who joined the uprising.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Syria's Secular Rebels, Now Unified Under a New Banner". Syria Deeply. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Lund, Aron (13 December 2013). "The Syria Revolutionaries' Front". Carnegie Middle East Center. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "2012 in Syria's civil war: One rebel's story". CBS News. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Syria's Armed Opposition: A Brief Overview". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Syria army shells Homs and northern towns in Idlib". BBC News. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Syrian rebels desperate for weapons". CBS. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Syrian rebels are losing faith in the West". The Telegraph. London. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2014.