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Tawhid Brigades

al-Tawhid Brigade
لواء التوحيد
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Official logo of the Tawhid Brigade
Official logo of the Tawhid Brigade
Active 18 July 2012—2014 (central group, some remnants still use the name)
Ideology Sunni Islamism
Leaders
  • Abdul Qader Saleh 
    (Top Commander July 2012–November 2013)
  • Adnan Bakkour 
    (Top Commander November 2013–January 2014)
  • Abdelaziz Salameh
    (Top Commander January 2014-?)
  • Mohammed Hamadeen
    (Ahrar al-Shamal Brigade)
  • Yusef al-Jader 
    (Senior commander in Aleppo)
  • Yussef Al-Abbas 
    (Intelligence chief)
Headquarters Aleppo, Mare', and Tell Rifaat
Area of operations of Syria
Size 10,000 (own claim) (Nov 2012)
11,000 (Oct 2013)
Part of
Merger of Ahrar al-Shamal Brigade
Fursan al-Jabal Brigade
Daret Izza Brigade
Allies
Opponents
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War


Syrian Civil War

The al-Tawhid Brigade (Arabic: لواء التوحيد‎, translit. Liwa al-Tawhid, lit. 'Brigade of Oneness'‎), named after Tawhid, the "oneness of God," but often mistranslated as Unity Brigade, was an armed Islamist insurgent group involved in the Syrian Civil War.

The al-Tawhid Brigade was formed in 2012. Reportedly backed by Qatar, al-Tawhid was considered one of the biggest groups in northern Syria, dominating much of the insurgency around Aleppo.

Affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, in late 2013 it co-signed a joint statement calling for Sharia law and rejecting the authority of the Syrian National Coalition.

Originally, al-Tawhid was composed of three subunits, the Fursan al-Jabal Brigade, the Daret Izza Brigade, the Ahrar al-Shamal Brigade, and the Aleppo Shahba Battalions.

Its leader Abdul Qader Saleh died late 2013 in a devastating Syrian Army airstrike. Its northern branch, the Ahrar al-Shamal Brigade, was in 2014 reportedly "superseded" by the Northern Sun Battalion (Shams al-Shamal).

The Tawhid Brigade consisted was organized into three branches:

Around June 2013 the Tawhid Brigade was reorganised into nearly 30 sub-factions.

In November 2013, the Elite Islamic Battalion left the Tawhid Brigade.

On 2 March 2014 the Northern Storm Brigade announced that they would join the Islamic Front under the leadership of the al-Tawhid Brigade. Also in 2014, the Euphrates Jarabulus Brigades left to join the Dawn of Freedom Brigades.


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