Farouq Brigades

Farouq Brigades
Farouq Brigades
كتائب الفاروق
	Logo of the Farouq Brigades
Leaders	Abdul Razzaq Tlass (October 2011 – 6 October 2012); Osama Juneidi (Abu Sayeh) Taleb al-Dayekh
Dates of operation	June 2011 – 2014 (central organization, remnants remained active until 2017)
Split from	Khalid ibn al-Walid Battalion
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Size	14,000–20,000 (own claim) (May–June 2013)
Part of	Free Syrian Army; Syrian Islamic Liberation Front (2012–2013);
Allies	Suqour al-Sham; Liwa al-Islam; Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa; People's Protection Units
Opponents	Syria; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Ahrar al-Sham (Aleppo Branch, 2013)
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2012 Homs offensive; Battle of al-Qusayr (2012); Siege of Northern Homs; Battle of Aleppo; Al-Qusayr offensive Battle of al-Qusayr (2013); ; Battle of Ma'loula; Raqqa campaign (2012–13); Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013-present);
	Succeeded by; Syrian Revolutionaries Front; Hazzm Movement; Army of Victory; Syrian National Army; Ahrar al-Sham ; Tahrir al-Sham

The Farouq Brigades (Arabic: كتائب الفاروق), also spelt Farooq and Farook, was an armed rebel organisation formed by a number of Homs based members of the Free Syrian Army early in the Syrian Civil War.^[7] The group rapidly expanded in size and prominence in 2012,^[7] before suffering internal splits and battlefield reversals in 2013 that greatly reduced its influence.^[8] By 2014, the group was largely defunct, with member factions joining other rebel groups.^[9] The brigades were named Farouq after Omar bin al-Khattab, a Sahaba (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the second Caliph.

^ ^a ^b Aron Lund (17 June 2013). "Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria's rebels". The Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b Lund, Aron (15 October 2012). "Holy Warriors". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "FSA Denies Shelling Hizbullah Positions in Lebanon, Syria". Naharnet. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ Jonathan Marcus (14 May 2013). "Gruesome Syria video pinpoints West's dilemma". BBC. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "A new dialogue and collaboration in northern Syria between kurds and rebels". The Arab Chronicle. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham Expands Into Rural Northern Syria :: Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
^ ^a ^b Abouzeid, Rania (5 October 2012). "Syria's Up-and-Coming Rebels: Who Are the Farouq Brigades?". Time. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Rebels, Inc". Foreign Policy. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ Cite error: The named reference huffpo11april was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[FreedomfighterCannibals-1] Aron Lund (17 June 2013). "Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria's rebels". The Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[Lund-2] Lund, Aron (15 October 2012). "Holy Warriors". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[3] "FSA Denies Shelling Hizbullah Positions in Lebanon, Syria". Naharnet. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[bbc-20130514-4] Jonathan Marcus (14 May 2013). "Gruesome Syria video pinpoints West's dilemma". BBC. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[ac-5] "A new dialogue and collaboration in northern Syria between kurds and rebels". The Arab Chronicle. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[6] The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham Expands Into Rural Northern Syria :: Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

[Abouzeid-7] Abouzeid, Rania (5 October 2012). "Syria's Up-and-Coming Rebels: Who Are the Farouq Brigades?". Time. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[fp211113-8] "Rebels, Inc". Foreign Policy. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[huffpo11april-9] Cite error: The named reference huffpo11april was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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