| Liwa al-Haqq | |
| Native Name Lang: | Ar |
| War: | the Syrian civil war |
| Active: | 11 August 2012[1] –8 December 2014[2] |
| Ideology: | Islamism[3] |
| Leaders: | Sheikh Abu Rateb[4] |
| Area: | Homs Governorate, Syria[5] |
| Partof: | Islamic Front Syrian Islamic Front (formerly) Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[6] |
| Successor: | Ahrar al-Sham |
| Allies: | Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union Army of Mujahedeen Alwiya al-Furqan Sham Legion [7] |
| Opponents: | Syrian Armed Forces Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Battles: | Syrian Civil War |
Liwa al-Haqq (Arabic: لواء الحق, meaning "Right Brigade") was an armed Islamist insurgent group that was active during the Syrian Civil War in the Homs region.[1]
On 11 August 2012, a group of Islamist-leaning brigades in Homs formed Liwa al-Haqq, which went on to become in the next year one of the most prominent fighting groups in the area.[8] Important sub-units include Katibat al-Furati, Kataeb Atbaa al-Rasoul and Katibat al-Ansar.[8]
In December 2012, Liwa al-Haqq joined with other insurgent groups to form the Syrian Islamic Front umbrella organization,[9] in November 2013 the SIF was dissolved and Liwa al-Haqq, Ansar al-Sham and Ahrar al-Sham joined the broader Islamic Front alliance.[1]
By April 2014, Liwa al-Haqq had reportedly been weakened in the wake of advances made by the Syrian military in the Homs region,[10] and it merged with Ahrar al-Sham in December 2014.[2]