Liwa Ahfad Saladin

Descendants of Saladin Brigade
لواء أحفاد صلاح الدين Liwa Ahfad Saladin Participant in the Syrian Civil War
A variant of the Syrian opposition flag used by Liwa Ahfad Saladin, in addition to the flag of Kurdistan and the regular independence flag
Active	2016–present
Ideology	Syrian nationalism Islamic democracy
Leaders	Mahmoud Abu Hamza
Headquarters	Azaz
Area of operations	Aleppo Governorate
Strength	600 (2016)
Part of	Free Syrian Army Division 99 Hawar Kilis Operations Room
Allies	Fatah Halab  Turkey
Opponents	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Syrian Democratic Forces
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Northern Aleppo offensive (March–April 2016) Syrian Kurdish-Islamist conflict (2013-present) Turkish military intervention in Syria Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016) Battle of al-Bab

Free Syrian Army

Fatah Halab

Syrian Civil War

The Descendants of Saladin Brigade (Arabic: لواء أحفاد صلاح الدين‎‎; Liwa Ahfad Saladin), is a Free Syrian Army group active in the northern Aleppo Governorate. The group is supported by Turkey and armed by the United States. The group opposes the Syrian government, the Syrian Democratic Forces, led by the People's Protection Units and including the Army of Revolutionaries (rebels).

Named after the Kurdish founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, Saladin, the group claims to have 600 members, primarily Kurdish, with one third of its fighters being Arabs and Syrian Turkmen, in addition to one Christian and one Alawite fighter. They along with the Dhi Qar Brigade are a part of the Division 99. Although Dhi Qar later left to join the Hamza Division.