Muntasir Billah Brigade

Not to be confused with the al-Nusra Front's Muntasir Billah Brigade in Damascus.[1]
Muntasir Billah Brigade
Arabic: لواء المنتصر بالله, romanized: Liwa al-Muntasir bi-llah
Turkish: Muntasır Billah Tugayı
LeadersFiras Paşa[2]
Dates of operationUnknown – 2013 (Raqqa group)
2013 – present (Aleppo group)
IdeologyMain:
Islamism (Raqqa group)
Syrian nationalism
Elements:
Neo-Ottomanism (Aleppo group)
Turanism (Aleppo group)
Size350 (February 2016)[2]
Part ofFree Syrian Army Syrian Turkmen Brigades
Army of Aleppo
Allies Turkey (Aleppo group)
 Qatar (Raqqa group)
Opponents Syria
 Iran
 Russia
 Islamic State
Syrian Democratic Forces
Hezbollah
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Muntasir Billah Division (Arabic: فرقة المنتصر بالله, romanized: Firqah al-Muntasir bi-llah),[a] also known by its original name Muntasir Billah Brigade (Arabic: لواء المنتصر بالله, romanized: Liwa al-Muntasir bi-llah, lit. "God's Victory Brigade"),[3][4] is a predominantly ethnic Turkmen Free Syrian Army militia that has taken part in the Syrian Civil War. One of the most prominent pro-Turkish formations in the FSA, the group fought in the Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) and other campaigns in Aleppo Governorate against the Syrian government, ISIL, and the SDF. The exact origin of the current Muntasir Billah Brigade is unclear, and it is possible that it originated as remnant of a rebel group that had been active in Raqqa Governorate until being subsumed by the al-Nusra Front and ISIL in 2013.

  1. ^ "Jabhat al-Nusra Video: "Declaration of Allegiance of Every Ansar al-Shari'a and al-Muntasir billah Brigade to Jabhat al-Nusra in the Capital City of Damascus"". trackingterrorism.org. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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  4. ^ Ediz Tiyansan (15 March 2017). "Rebel brigade weighs options as Syria's war enters seventh year". TRT World. Retrieved 22 September 2018.


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