Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade

Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade
لألوية أحفاد الرسول Participant in Syrian civil war
Official logo of the Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade
Active	July 2012–Early 2014 (defunct)
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Leaders	Ziad Haj Obaid
Area of operations	Raqqa Governorate, Syria Idlib Governorate, Syria
Strength	7,000–9,000
Part of	Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front (formerly)
Allies	Kurdish Islamic Front (formerly) Ahrar ash-Sham Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly)
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war

The Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade (Arabic: لألوية أحفاد الرسول‎‎ Lā‘lwīt Aḥfād ar-Rasūl, "Grandsons of the Prophet") was a Syrian rebel group fighting against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War.It has been funded by the Qatari government.

Its notable subgroups included Al-Haqq battalion, Shuhada al-Jolan Battalion, Suqour al-Jolan Battalion and the Suqour Jabal al-Zawiya battalion. By August 2013, the group had coopted some 50 groups from across Syria; however, it was strongest in Idlib Governorate.

Ahfad al-Rasul took part in the 2 September 2012 bombing that targeted the Syrian Army General Staff building in Damascus. Its leader, Ziad Haj Obaid, was on the Arms Committee for the Supreme Military Command.

By early 2014, the Ahfad al-Rasoul was being described as defunct, with many subunits rebranding themselves as members of the Syria Revolutionaries Front. Former members of the group are also part of the 1st Coastal Division.