Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade

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Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade
Liwa Shuhada al-Yarmouk
لواء شهداء اليرموك

Participant in the Syrian Civil War
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Official logo of the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade

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Brigade Flag
Active August 2012[1] – present
Leaders Abu Ali al-Baridi[2]
Headquarters Sahem, Syria[3]
Part of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (alleged)[4][5]
Allies Jaysh al-Jihad
Opponents al-Nusra Front
Syria Revolutionaries Front (southern branch)
Islamic Muthanna Movement[4]
Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War

The Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade is a rebel group in southern Syria. The group gained attention when it abducted 21 Filipino UN soldiers in early March 2013,[3] releasing them on 10 March 2013.[6] At one stage connected to mainstream Syrian rebel bodies like the Supreme Military Council and Southern Front, the group became increasingly isolated from other groups, owing to accusations that it was affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[1][4]

In late 2014, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade was involved in a series of low intensity clashes with al-Nusra Front, and in December 2014 Nusra launched an offensive against the brigade until other rebel groups intervened and confined the Brigade to its base in the towns of Jumlah and al-Shajarah.[1] In April and May 2015, the brigade launched attacks on Nusra, while it was engaged in fighting along with Jaysh al-Jihad, another rebel group that had been accused of affiliation with ISIL. This fighting ended following arbitration from other local groups.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d "The Islamic State in Southern Syria" (PDF). Carter Center. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015. 
  2. ^ "Al-Nusra overtakes Hazm in Aleppo countryside". Al Monitor. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015. 
  3. ^ a b "The Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and The Capture of the UN Troops". Syria Survey. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2014. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Jabhat al-Nusra, IS clash in Daraa". Al Monitor. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014. 
  5. ^ "ISIS and Syria's Southern Front". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 18 April 2015. 
  6. ^ "UN peacekeepers kidnapped in Golan released". Al Jazeera English. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2014.