Hazzm Movement

Hazzm Movement
حركة حزم
Ḥarakat Ḥazzm
Leaders
Dates of operation25 January 2014 – 1 March 2015
HeadquartersAtarib, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Active regions
Size400[5] (February 2015)
Part of
Allies United States
 Qatar
Syrian Revolutionaries Front
Ahrar al-Sham[10]
Syrian National Coalition
Opponents Syria
Al-Nusra Front[8]
Jund al-Aqsa
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Succeeded by
* Army of Mujahideen (some members)

The Hazzm Movement (Arabic: حركة حزم, Ḥarakat Ḥazzm, meaning Movement of Steadfastness[15]) was an alliance of Syrian rebel groups affiliated with the Free Syrian Army in northwestern Syria that existed from 25 January 2014[16] until 1 March 2015, when many of them dissolved into the Levant Front. Some other members joined the Army of Revolutionaries.

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