Saladin Ayubi Brigade

Saladin Ayubi Brigade
Arabic: لواء صلاح الدين الأيوبي
Kurdish: Tugaya Selahedîn Eyûbî
Leaders
  • Capt. Bewar Mustafa[1]
  • Lt. Col. Shawqi Othman[1] (kidnapped in April 2013)[2][3]
Dates of operationMay 2012 – mid-2015 (defunct)
Group(s)
  • Saladin Ayubi Battalion[4]
  • Kawa al-Hidad Battalion
  • Peshmerga Hawks Battalion
  • Newroz Battalion
  • Mullah Mustafa Barzani Battalion
  • Martyr Ayoub al-Naysani Battalion
  • Martyr Muhammad Rajab Battalion
Active regionsAleppo Governorate
IdeologyDemocracy,[1]
Pluralism,[5]
Secularism[5]
Size230 (early 2013)[1]
  • 30 active fighters
  • 200 in reserve
50–100 (late 2012)[6]
Part of Free Syrian Army

Syrian Kurdish Revolutionary Council (Komala)[7]

  • Kurdish Military Council[1]

16th Division (late 2013)[8]

Syrian Revolutionaries Front (April–October 2014)[9][10]
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Preceded by
Saladin Ayubi Battalion

The Saladin Ayubi Brigade (Arabic: لواء صلاح الدين الأيوبي, Kurdish: Serhêza Selah Eldîn El Eyûbî) was a mainly-Syrian Kurdish armed rebel group that fought in the Syrian Civil War as part of the Free Syrian Army. Formed in May 2012 and named after the early Kurdish Muslim leader Saladin, the group was led by defected Syrian Army Captain Bewar Mustafa and fought against Syrian government forces in and around the city of Aleppo. It was also strongly opposed to the Kurdish-led Democratic Union Party (PYD), and have clashed with the PYD-affiliated People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) several times.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Mohammed Aly Sergie (13 January 2013). "Kurdish Fighters Hope to Balance Islamist Forces". Syria Deeply.
  2. ^ Azad Jumkari (17 April 2017). "The brother of a kidnapped Kurdish officer appeals to the President of the Kurdistan Region to intervene to reveal his fate". Rudaw Media Network.
  3. ^ "Shawqi Othman". Violations Documentation Center in Syria.
  4. ^ a b c Sherine Omar (1 July 2015). "A leader in the Salah al-Din brigade of the "Union Press": We have more than twenty prisoners to the PYD". Al-Etihad Press. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Omar Hossino (4 February 2013). "Syria's Secular Revolution Lives On". Foreign Policy.
  6. ^ "Rudaw in English....The Happening: Latest News and Multimedia about Kurdistan, Iraq and the World - Syrian Rebels and Kurdish Group Sign Truce". 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ ""Komala" declares joining the Syrian rebel front". Zaman al-Wasl. 5 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Formation (the 16th Division) in Aleppo: Colonel "Chalal" pledges to liberate Aleppo". Orient News. 19 September 2013.
  9. ^ ""Komala" declares joining the Syrian rebel front". Zaman al-Wasl. 5 April 2014.
  10. ^ "The withdrawal of the Syrian Kurdish Revolutionary Council from the Syrian rebel front". El-Dorar al-Shamia. 16 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Kurdish parties and their interactions in the Syrian scene". Syrian Institute for Studies and Research of Public Opinion.
  12. ^ "Captain Bewar Mustafa: BKK prevents the entry of relief materials to Afrin". Kobani Kurd. 11 June 2013.