Al-Tawhid Brigade
Syrian rebel group fighting against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War
The al-Tawhid Brigade (Arabic: لواء التوحيد, romanized: Liwa al-Tawhid, lit. 'Brigade of monotheism'; named after Tawhid, the "oneness of God,") was an armed Islamist insurgent group involved in the Syrian Civil War.
The al-Tawhid Brigade was formed in 2012. Reportedly backed by Qatar, al-Tawhid was considered one of the biggest groups in northern Syria, dominating most of the insurgency around Aleppo.
Its leader Abdul Qader Saleh was killed in November 2013 in a Syrian Air Force airstrike.
Organization
Ideology
The al-Tawhid Brigade was initially founded by Islamist groups, and followed an ideology similar to that of the Muslim Brotherhood. Agence France-Presse and Al-Monitor journalists described the unit as being affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. According to As-Safir, the al-Tawhid Brigade even operated as an "armed wing of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood" due to close connections between leaders of the rebel group and Brotherhood figures. However, other sources argued that the al-Tawhid Brigade simply accepted support from anyone who was somewhat ideologically similar to itself, including Salafists. Based on a Saudi, anti-Assad source, researcher Mark Tomass described the al-Tawhid Brigade as "Salafi-Jihadist" despite it being "classified as moderate". In late 2013, the rebel group co-signed a joint statement calling for Sharia law and rejecting the authority of the Syrian National Coalition.
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