Fighting Vanguard

Fighting Vanguard of the Mujahidin
الطليعة المقاتلة للمجاهدين
LeaderMarwan Hadid (until June 1975)[1]
Abdel Sattar al-Za’im (until mid-1979)[2][3]
Adnan Uqlah (June 1979 – late 1982)[4][5]
Foundation1960s[6]
Dissolved1982[7]
Split fromMuslim Brotherhood in Syria
CountrySyria
IdeologySunni Islamism
Anti-Ba'athism

The Fighting Vanguard of the Mujahideen (Arabic: الطليعة المقاتلة للمجاهدين, al-Tali’a al-Muqatila lil-Mujahidin),[1] also known as the Fighting Vanguard of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (Arabic: الطليعة المقاتلة للإخوان المسلمين في سوريا),[8] was an offshoot of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood that took part in violent actions against the ruling Baath regime during the Islamist uprising in Syria mainly between 1976 and 1982.

  1. ^ a b Lefèvre 2013, p. 102.
  2. ^ Lefèvre 2013, p. 104.
  3. ^ Lefèvre 2015, p. 128.
  4. ^ Lefèvre 2013, p. 105.
  5. ^ Conduit 2019, p. 34.
  6. ^ Lefèvre 2013, p. 101.
  7. ^ Lefèvre 2013, p. 130.
  8. ^ Conduit 2019, p. 100.