Al-Tawhid Brigade
Disbanded armed Islamist insurgent group in Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The al-Tawhid Brigade (Arabic: لواء التوحيد, romanized: Liwa al-Tawhid, lit. 'Brigade of monotheism'), named after Tawhid, the "oneness of God," was an armed Islamist insurgent group involved in the Syrian Civil War.
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لواء التوحيد | |
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Dates of operation | 18 July 2012—2014 (central group, some remnants still use the name) |
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Headquarters | Aleppo, Mare', and Tell Rifaat |
Active regions | of Syria[7] |
Ideology | Sunni Islamism |
Size | 10,000 (own claim) (Nov 2012)[8] 11,000 (Oct 2013)[9] |
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Allies | Qatar al-Nusra Front[9][12] Ahrar ash-Sham[13] Jaysh al-Islam[13] Sham Legion[14] Kurdish Front (2014)[15] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2013)[16] |
Opponents | Syria Ghuraba al-Sham Front[12] Hezbollah Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2014)[14] People's Protection Units (2012–2014)[17] |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Designated as a terrorist group by | Syria[19] United Arab Emirates[20] |
The al-Tawhid Brigade was formed in 2012.[21][22] Reportedly backed by Qatar,[23] al-Tawhid was considered one of the biggest groups in northern Syria, dominating most of the insurgency around Aleppo.[22]
Affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood,[6][9] in late 2013 it co-signed a joint statement calling for Sharia law and rejecting the authority of the Syrian National Coalition.[24]
Originally, al-Tawhid was composed of four subunits, the Mountain Knights Brigade, the Darat Izza Brigade, the Free North Brigade, and the Aleppo Shahba Battalions.[5]
Its leader Abdul Qader Saleh was killed in November 2013 in a devastating Syrian Air Force airstrike.[25]