National Unity Brigades
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كتائب الوحدة الوطنية Kata'ib al-Wehda al-Watania Participant in the Syrian Civil War |
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| Active | August 2012 – 2014 (defunct) |
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Syrian nationalism Democracy |
| Allegiance | National Unity Movement |
| Groups | See member groups |
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| Size | "Few hundred" – 2,000 |
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The National Unity Brigades (Arabic: كتائب الوحدة الوطنية; Kata'ib al-Wehda al-Watania) was an alliance of Syrian rebel groups that participated in the Syrian Civil War. The group was formed in August 2012. Known for its non-sectarianism, the group included rebels from minority groups such as Christians, Druze, Ismailis, and Alawites. The goal of the group was to establish a civil, democratic state for "all ethnicities and social identities".
Many of the units in the National Unity Brigades are named after Syrian nationalist and Syrian independence figures.
The first plans of forming the National Unity Brigades was discussed by rebels in June 2012. Some of the rebels in the group were former activists and protesters. They began to collect money, organized the units, and announced the formation of the group in August 2012. In October 2012, the National Unity Brigades rejected foreign political support. The group was a loose coalition instead of a unified group and it received funding from various rebel military councils in Syria. The group claimed to have good relations with all other rebel groups "without exception" and have fought in battles "side by side with Islamist and Jihadist brigades".
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