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Suqour al-Sham Brigade

Suqour al-Sham Brigade
لواء صقور الشام
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Logo of the Islamic Front used by Suqour al-Sham
Logo of the Islamic Front used by Suqour al-Sham
Active September 2011—22 March 2015
3 September 2016—26 January 2017
Ideology Sunni Islamism
Salafism
Leaders Ahmed Abu Issa
Abu Hussein al-Dik 
(Senior commander)
Headquarters Sarjeh, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Area of operations Idlib Governorate, Syria
Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Strength

9,000–10,000(2013)

400(December 2014)
Part of

Islamic Front (2013–2015)

Free Syrian Army (2011-2013)
Syrian Islamic Liberation Front (2012-2013)
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council (2014-2015)
Army of Conquest (2015-present)
Originated as Suqour al-Sham Battalion
Became Ahrar ash-Sham
Allies Ahrar ash-Sham
Free Syrian Army
Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
Alwiya al-Furqan
Sham Legion
Opponents
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War


9,000–10,000(2013)

Islamic Front (2013–2015)

Syrian Civil War

The Suqour al-Sham Brigade (Arabic: لواء صقور الشام‎‎, English: Falcons of the Levant Brigade), also known as the Sham Falcons Brigade, is an armed rebel organisation formed by Ahmed Abu Issa early in the Syrian Civil War to fight against the Syrian Government. It was a member of the Islamic Front and a former unit of the Free Syrian Army and the Syrian Islamic Liberation Front. They have a history of coordinating with Ahrar al-Sham and the Al-Nusra Front (a group which has re-branded itself Jabhat Fateh al-Sham). In March 2015, the Suqour al-Sham Brigade merged with Ahrar ash-Sham, but left Ahrar al-Sham in September 2016. Also in September 2016 they joined the Army of Conquest which Ahrar al-Sham is also a member. On 25 January 2017 Suqour rejoined Ahrar.

Suqour al-Sham’s ideology has been described by Asher Berman of the Institute for the Study of War as Islamist but not having a global jihadist outlook. In a sermon delivered in a mosque in April 2012, Abu Issa said Muslims had lost their honor because they had abandoned jihad, replacing aspirations for martyrdom with a fear of death. However, in an interview in June 2012 Issa described his vision for a post-Assad Syria as a moderate Islamic state “without imposing it on society.”


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