Liwa Owais al-Qorani

Owais al-Qorani Brigade
لواء أويس القرني
Liwa Owais al-Qorani
LeadersAbdel Fattah al-Sheikh Mooss[1] ("Abdul Fatah Abu Muhammad")[2]
Dates of operationJune 2012[3] – 2014[4]
2016 – present (remnants)
Group(s)Saraya al-Furat-Katibat al-Shura[1]
HeadquartersAl-Thawrah (2013–14)
Active regionsRaqqa Governorate
IdeologyIslamism,[5]
Uwais al-Qarani reverence,[6]
Nasser tribalism[1]
Size1,000 (2013 claim)[1]
Part ofSyrian opposition Free Syrian Army (c. 2013)[3]
Syrian Democratic Forces (since 2016)[7]
AlliesSyrian opposition Syrian opposition and allied mujahideen[a] (2012–2014)
 Islamic State (early 2014)[5]
SDF affiliates (since 2016)
OpponentsSyria Syrian government
 Islamic State (since 2014)
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Owais al-Qorani Brigade (Arabic: لواء أويس القرني; Liwa Owais al-Qorani) is a Syrian rebel group from al-Thawrah that was formed in 2012 and revered the Islamic martyr Uwais al-Qarani. Originally part of the Free Syrian Army, the brigade later became a subordinate of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, only to be destroyed by ISIL in 2014 over disagreements. Remnants of the group eventually joined the Syrian Democratic Forces to take revenge on ISIL.

  1. ^ a b c d Kodmani & Legrand (2013), p. 22.
  2. ^ "Mounting complications escape of prisoners of the system of "class" and the exchange of accusations between the "Daesh" and "Uys Karni"". Zaman al-Wasl. 20 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d Winter (2014), p. 12.
  4. ^ Aymenn Al-Tamimi (29 July 2014). "The Factions of Raqqa Province". Syria Comment. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference collaborators was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Rahat Husain (27 March 2014). "HUSAIN: Attack on Shiite shrines in Syria may result in dramatic rise in tensions". The Washington Times.
  7. ^ Former leader of the main #Tabqa #FSA factions, Liwa Owais al-Qarni, entered Northern Federation Twitter
  8. ^ Winter (2014), p. 5.


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