Martyrs of Islam Brigade

Martyrs of Islam Brigade
لواء شهداء الإسلام
Liwa Shuhada al-Islam
Leaders
Dates of operation5 March 2013—present
Group(s)
  • Martyrs of Daraya Battalion[3]
  • Martyrs of the Revolution Battalion
  • Fayha al-Sham Battalion
  • Lions of Tawhid Battalion
  • Descendants of Saladin Battalion
  • Lions of Sunna Battalion
  • Special Task Force Battalion
  • Artillery Company
  • Engineering and Air Defence Company
HeadquartersDarayya (until 2016)[6]
Idlib Governorate (from late 2016)
Active regions
IdeologyIslamism
Size700 (2016)[7]
Part ofSyrian opposition Free Syrian Army[6]
AlliesAjnad al-Sham Islamic Union
OpponentsSyria Syrian Armed Forces
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Martyrs of Islam Brigade (Arabic: لواء شهداء الإسلام; Liwa Shuhada al-Islam) is a Syrian rebel group formed in the Damascus suburb of Darayya and was the main group that operated in the suburb. It was the only Syrian rebel group to be completely under the authority of a local city council and received U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles despite the tight siege Darayya was in between 2012 and 2016.[6]

  1. ^ "From Daria to Idlib: commander of the Martyrs of Islam reveals the full story of alienation Daria". Orient News. 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "In an attempt to unify the ranks on the ground the Free Army in Darya is a brigade of the martyrs of Islam". Enab Baladi. 10 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b "About Islam Martyrs Brigade". Local Council of Daraya City.
  4. ^ "As regime drops hundreds of barrel bombs on Darayya, rebel spokesman says 'history will take note of how the revolution abandoned us'". Syria:direct. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. ^ Paul Antonopoulos (14 October 2016). "Photos: Prominent Liwa Shuhada al-Islam leader dies". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d e Hasan Mustafa (5 August 2015). "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted Groups Fielding TOW Missiles".
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference ap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "11 FSA Factions in New Command in of "National Front Liberation"". Syria Call. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference sham was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Paul Antonopoulos (25 March 2017). "Two militants originally based in Damascus taken out by Russian airstrike in rural Hama". al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2017.