Mu'tasim Division

Mu'tasim Division
فرقة المُعتصم
Firqat al-Mu'tasim
Leaders
Dates of operation4 August 2015—present
Allegiance Syrian Interim Government
HeadquartersMare'
Active regionsAleppo Governorate, Syria
Size
Part of Free Syrian Army Syrian Train and Equip Program
Allies
Opponents Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Syrian Democratic Forces (since 2018)
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Websitehttps://twitter.com/AlmotacemBrigad

The Mu'tasim Division (Arabic: فرقة المُعتصم, romanized: Firqat al-Mu'tasim), formerly the Mutasim Brigade (Arabic: لواء المعتصم, romanized: Liwa al-Mu'tasim), is a Free Syrian Army faction active in the northern Aleppo Governorate, based in the town of Mare'. The group was named after al-Mu'tasim (r. 833–842), an Abbasid caliph[citation needed].

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