Liwa Dawud

Liwa Dawud
لواء داوود Liwa Dawud Participant in Syrian Civil War
Active	2012–2014
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Salafism
Leaders	Hassan Aboud
Area of operations	Idlib Governorate, Syria
Size	1,000 men, 10 tanks, and 150 vehicles
Part of	Suqour al-Sham (2012-2013) Jaysh al-Sham (2014) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Became	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Allies	Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Opponents	Syria National Defence Forces Iran IRGC Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham (covertly)
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Taftanaz 2014 Idlib offensive Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Battle of Kobane

Syria

Iran

Free Syrian Army

Syrian Civil War

Liwa Dawud (Arabic:لواء داوود, liwa' dawud, The David Brigade) was an armed group in the Syrian Civil War headquartered in Samrin in the Idlib Governorate and originated as a subunit in Suqour al-Sham then later became an independent faction then joined the Jaysh al-Sham coalition until 2014 when the group along with its leader defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during the coarse of the Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War.