Liwa Aqab al-Islami

Liwa Aqab al-Islami
لواء العقاب الإسلامي
LeadersSaddam al-Khalifah
Rashid Tukwa
Dates of operationUnknown-December 2014
HeadquartersQasr Ibn Wardan, Hama Governorate, Syria
Active regionsNorthwestern Syria
IdeologyIslamism
Allies Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Jaysh al-Sham
Jabhat al-Nusra (Until 2014)
Opponents Syria
Syrian Revolutionaries Front
Jabhat al-Nusra (2014)
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

Liwa Aqab al-Islami or the "Islamic Punishment Brigade" was an armed Syrian Salafi Jihadist rebel group based in northwestern Syria primarily in the Hama Governorate, held close ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including its leadership allegedly secretly pledging allegiance to ISIL, and carried out public executions and amputations, as well as enforcing Islamic law until it was forcibly dissolved by the al-Nusra Front in December 2014 due to its association with ISIL.