Jihad in the Path of God Brigade/Liwa Ahrar al-Raqqa | |
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لواء جهاد في سبيل الله | |
Dates of operation | 2012-present |
Split from | Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa |
Headquarters | Ayn al-Arab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria[citation needed] |
Ideology | Islamism Populism[1] |
Part of | Free Syrian Army Euphrates Volcano[2] Syrian Democratic Forces |
Allies | Turkey Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa Liwa Umana al-Raqqa Group of Battalions Jarabulus and its Countryside |
Opponents | Syria Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Liwa Ahrar al-Raqqa, formerly known as the Jihad in the Path of God Brigade is a Free Syrian Army unit active during the Syrian Civil War, originating from the Raqqa Governorate but also active in the eastern Aleppo Governorate. It became part of the Euphrates Volcano operation room in 2015 and remained part of the operations room as it expanded into the Syrian Democratic Forces.