Suqour al-Ezz | |
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كتيبة صقور العز | |
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Leaders | Saqr al-Jihad [1] |
Dates of operation | February 2013 [2]–January 2014 |
Active regions | Latakia Governorate, Syria [3] |
Ideology | Salafist jihadism [4] |
Part of | al-Nusra Front [1] [5] |
Allies |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
[6] Green Battalion [4] Harakat Sham al-Islam Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar Ahrar ash-Sham [7] |
Opponents | Syrian Armed Forces |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Suqour al-Ezz ( Arabic: كتيبة صقور العز), also spelled Suqour al-Izz, [1] was a group composed of primarily Saudi jihadists that have been active during the Syrian Civil War. [8]
Founded in February 2013, due to personal disputes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Nusra Front, it originally operated as an independent jihadist group while still cooperating on the battlefield with both groups. [2] However, in January 2014, the group joined al-Nusra. [5]
Suqour al-Ezz | |
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كتيبة صقور العز | |
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Leaders | Saqr al-Jihad [1] |
Dates of operation | February 2013 [2]–January 2014 |
Active regions | Latakia Governorate, Syria [3] |
Ideology | Salafist jihadism [4] |
Part of | al-Nusra Front [1] [5] |
Allies |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
[6] Green Battalion [4] Harakat Sham al-Islam Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar Ahrar ash-Sham [7] |
Opponents | Syrian Armed Forces |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Suqour al-Ezz ( Arabic: كتيبة صقور العز), also spelled Suqour al-Izz, [1] was a group composed of primarily Saudi jihadists that have been active during the Syrian Civil War. [8]
Founded in February 2013, due to personal disputes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Nusra Front, it originally operated as an independent jihadist group while still cooperating on the battlefield with both groups. [2] However, in January 2014, the group joined al-Nusra. [5]