Shields of the Revolution Council

Shields of the Revolution Council
هيئة دروع الثورة
Dates of operationJanuary 2013 - early 2015[1]
Active regionsIdlib Governorate[2]
IdeologyIslamic democracy[2]
Sunni Islamism
Size5,000 - 7,000[3]
Part of Muslim Brotherhood of Syria[3]
Free Syrian Army[4]
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[4]
OpponentsSyrian Arab Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Shields of the Revolution Council (Arabic: هيئة دروع الثورة, Hayat Duru al-Thawra) was a Syrian FSA-rebel alliance affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria. Bashar al-Assad labeled the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood as an extremist “terror” group.[3][3] It joined the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council on 3 August 2014.[4]

In March 2014, the Fatiheen Brigade, Eman Brigade and Sihem al-Haq Brigade, previously affiliated with the Shields, split from the group and joined the newly formed Sham Legion alliance.[5][6]

Member groups

  • Dera al-Jabal[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cody Roche Syrian Opposition Factions in the Syrian Civil War, Bellingcat, 13 August 2016
  2. ^ a b "A tapestry of war". Al-Ahram Weekly. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Syrian Muslim Brotherhood hesitant to plunge into militia game". The Daily Star. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "EXCLUSIVE – 18 Syrian revolutionary factions advancing toward a One Army project". The Arab Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  5. ^ "The Sham Legion: Syria's Moderate Islamists". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. ^ Cody Roche Syrian Opposition Factions in the Syrian Civil War, Bellingcat, 13 August 2016
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