Liwa al-Quds

Liwa al-Quds
Participant in Syrian Civil War
Active	September 2013–present
Ideology	Pro-Syrian government Palestinian nationalism
Groups	Lions of al-Quds Battalion Deterrence Battalion Lions of al-Shahba’ Battalion
Leaders	Muhammad al-Sa’eed (a.k.a. “The Engineer”) Col. Mohammad Rafi † (operations commander)
Headquarters	Aleppo
Allies	Syrian Armed Forces National Defence Forces Ba'ath Brigades Hezbollah IRGC
Opponents	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–present) Operation Canopus Star Operation Rainbow Aleppo offensive (July 2015) Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February 2016–present) Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015) 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign Northern Aleppo offensive (2016) Aleppo offensive (June–July 2016) Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016) Aleppo offensive (August–September 2016) Aleppo offensive (September–October 2016) Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016) Operation Dawn of Victory

Muhammad al-Sa’eed (a.k.a. “The Engineer”)

Syrian Armed Forces
National Defence Forces
Ba'ath Brigades
Hezbollah

Liwa al-Quds (Arabic: لواء القدس‎‎) or the Jerusalem Brigade is a Sunni Palestinian pro-Government group that operates in Aleppo, formed in 2013 by the engineer Muhammad al-Sa’eed. By the beginning of 2015, the group had suffered 200 killed and over 400 wounded since its establishment. The group is composed of predominately Sunni Palestinians from the al-Nayrab district as well as the former refugee camp Handarat. Liwa al-Quds is believed to be the largest loyalist auxiliary force operating in Aleppo.

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