Descendants of Saladin Brigade | |
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لواء أحفاد صلاح الدين Liwa Ahfad Saladin | |
![]() A variant of the Syrian opposition flag used by Liwa Ahfad Saladin, in addition to the flag of Kurdistan and the regular independence flag | |
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Dates of operation | 2015–July 2017 (main group)[5] July 2017–present (pro-Turkey faction)[6] |
Headquarters | Azaz and Mare' |
Active regions | Aleppo Governorate |
Ideology | Democracy[7] Kurdish nationalism (faction)[8] |
Size | 600 (2016) |
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Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
The Descendants of Saladin Brigade (Arabic: لواء أحفاد صلاح الدين; Liwa Ahfad Saladin) was a Free Syrian Army group active in the northern Aleppo Governorate. The group was supported by Turkey and was initially funded and armed by the United States,[9] mainly fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant but also opposing the Syrian government and the Democratic Union Party's (PYD) affiliates such as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).[1] The brigade was largely disbanded by the Turkish Army in 2017, following disagreements over the participation in a planned Turkish-led offensive against Afrin Canton,[5] although a small faction within the group (known simply as Saladin Brigade) remained active and participated in the offensive since January 2018.[6][3]
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