19th Division (Syrian rebel group)

19th Division
19th Division
الفرقة 19
	Logo of the 19th Division
Leaders	Lt. Col. Muhammad Abdel Qadur Bakur (nom de guerre: "Abu Bakr")
Dates of operation	June 2013 – ?; September 2012 – ? (Ansar Brigade);
Group(s)	Ansar Brigade; Supporters of the Caliphate Brigade; Liwa Amjad al-Islam; Ahrar Khan al-Asal Brigades; Ash-Shuyukh Brigade; Muhajireen Brigade; Liwa Jund al-Haramain;
Active regions	Aleppo Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Part of	Army of Mujahideen
Allies	Al-Tawhid Brigade (2013–2014); Fastaqim Union; Liwa Ahrar Souriya; 16th Division; Levant Front; Ahrar al-Sham; Al-Nusra Front (2013–2017);
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Forces; ; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Al-Nusra Front (2017);
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Siege of Base 46; Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013); ; Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War;

The 19th Division (Arabic: الفرقة 19) was a Syrian rebel group which fought in the Syrian Civil War. The group was created in June 2013 in the western countryside of the Aleppo Governorate as a part of a foreign-funded project to unify local Free Syrian Army-affiliated factions into bigger factions.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Mujahedeen Army of Aleppo". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Syria: Army of the Mujahideen Challenges ISIS Gains". Al Akhbar. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
^ "Key Syrian rebels reject National Coalition". Al Jazeera English. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

[ceip8april-1] "The Mujahedeen Army of Aleppo". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

[aa6jan-2] "Syria: Army of the Mujahideen Challenges ISIS Gains". Al Akhbar. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

[aje25sept-3] "Key Syrian rebels reject National Coalition". Al Jazeera English. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

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