Syrian Islamic Liberation Front
| Syrian Islamic Liberation Front جبهة تحرير سوريا الإسلامية Jabha Tahrir Suriya al Islamiyyah |
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| Participant in Syrian civil war | |
 Official logo of the SILF |
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| Active | September 2012 – 25 November 2013 |
| Ideology | Sunni Islamism |
| Leaders | Ahmed Eissa al-Sheikh (Suqour al-Sham) Zahran Alloush (spokesperson) (WIA) (Liwa al-Islam) |
| Headquarters | Sarjeh, Idlib Governorate |
| Area of operations | Syria |
| Strength | 35,000–40,000 (own claim) (June 2013) |
| Became | Islamic Front |
| Allies |
Al-Nusra Front (formerly) Ahrar ash-Sham Free Syrian Army |
| Opponents |
Syrian Armed Forces Ghuraba al-Sham People's Protection Units (YPG) Shabiha |
| Battles and wars | Syrian civil war |
The Syrian Islamic Liberation Front (SILF; Arabic: جبهة تحرير سوريا الإسلامية, Jabhat Tahrīr Sūriyā al-Islāmiyyah), was a coalition of Islamist rebel brigades who fought against the Bashar al-Assad government in the Syrian civil war. By late 2012, it was one of the strongest armed coalitions in Syria, representing up to half of Bashar al-Assad's armed opponents.
In late November 2013, Suqour al-Sham, Al-Tawhid Brigade and Jaysh al-Islam, the largest and most influential members of the Front, announced that they were joining the Islamic Front. On 25 November 2013, a statement appeared on the SILF website announcing that the group was ceasing all operations.
Founded in September 2012 after secret negotiations between the group's leaders, the group was headed by Ahmed Eissa al-Sheikh, the leader of the Suqour al-Sham Brigade. The coalition included around 20 Islamist groups and had tens of thousands of fighters active throughout much of Syria, overshadowing the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in some regions. While some member groups appeared to consider themselves members of both the Syrian Liberation Front and the FSA, Abu Issa said the group aimed to maintain brotherly relations with the FSA while declining to offer full support and criticising those leaders of the FSA that remained in Turkey.
The coalition included some of the most important rebel units active in the civil war, including the Suqour al-Sham Brigade (Idlib), Farouq Brigade (Homs), Liwa al-Islam (Damascus) and Tawhid Brigade (Aleppo). Other prominent groups in the coalition included Liwa Dawud, the Deir ez-Zor Revolutionary Council (Deir ez-Zor), Tajamo Ansar al-Islam (Damascus), Amr Ibn al-Aas Brigade (Aleppo), and al-Naser Salaheddin Brigade (Latakia). These groups were geographically scattered, varied in size and influence, and were dependent on different sources of funding. It was unclear how effectively the coalition coordinated between the varying groups.
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