Mountain Hawks Brigade
| Mountain Hawks Brigade | |
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Liwa’ Suqour al-Jabal لواء صقور الجبل Participant in the Syrian Civil War | |
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| Active | December 2011[1]- present |
| Ideology |
Islamic democracy Secularism[1] |
| Leaders |
Captain Yousif Yahya (December 2011 – January 2012) Lt. Alaa Hussein[1] (27 January 2012 – present) |
| Headquarters | Jabal al-Zawiya, Syria[2] |
| Area of operations | |
| Part of |
Free Syrian Army Idlib Revolutionary Council Fatah Halab[5] Jaysh Halab[6][7] Mare' Operations Room[8] Hawar Kilis Operations Room |
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| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | |
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The Mountain Hawks Brigade (Arabic: لواء صقور الجبل, translit. Liwa’ Suqour al-Jabal), formerly the Falcons of Mount Zawiya Brigade and the Mount Zawiya Martyrs Brigade, is a US-sponsored Free Syrian Army rebel group operating in northwestern Syria. It was originally part of the Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade and later the Syria Revolutionaries Front (SRF) when it was sponsored by Qatar. It joined the 5th Corps after leaving the SRF due to internal disputes. The group received TOW missiles from the U.S[2] and maintains close ties with the Idlib Military Council.[1] The group takes its name from Zawiya Mountain.
History
Its first serious effort was in December 2011, when it disabled an APC and launched a successful raid on Kfar Haya. The group's founder's younger brother, Alaa Yahya, died in the clashes. The founder himself, Captain Yousif Yahya, left the group to form the Saiqa Battalion in mid-February 2012.
It merged with the Dareq bin Zayd Battalion and the Aqba bin Nafaa Battalion to form the Ibrahim Hunano Brigade in late March 2012,[2] but left it for the SRF later on. Eventually, it became part of the FSA's 5th Corps.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Rebel groups in Jebel Al-Zawiya" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted Groups". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ↑ "FSA Mountain Hawks Brigade use a field gun to shell regime forces in Arah Latakia". Live UA Map/Youtube. 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria". Chicago Tribune. 26 March 2016.
- ↑ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHz9sulUkAAj9pT.png:large
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/461ehh/participating_groups_in_halab_aleppo_the/
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/archicivilians/status/699486540532162560
- ↑ "Factions involved in North Aleppo's Opposition/SDF Conflict". Archicivilians. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ "Iran troops to join Syria war, Russia bombs group trained by CIA". Reuters. 7 October 2015.
