Sword of al-Sham Brigades

Sword of al-Sham Brigades
Alwiyat Saif al-Sham
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Area of operations Daraa Governorate[1]
Quneitra Governorate[1]
Part of Free Syrian Army[1]
Southern Front[1]
Jaish al-Haramoun[2]
Opponents Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War

The Sword of al-Sham Brigades is a Syrian rebel group formed in Damascus, but currently operating in the Quneitra and Daraa governorates. The group has received U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles.[1] On 13 April 2015, it joined a number of other Southern Front affiliates in condemning al-Nusra's ideology and discontinuing all forms of cooperation with it,[3] though it seems that they have retracted from this position as they have joined the al-Nusra led group Jaish al-Haramoun.

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