Suqour al-Ezz explained

Suqour al-Ezz
Native Name:كتيبة صقور العز
Native Name Lang:Ar
War:Syrian Civil War
Active:February 2013[1] –January 2014
Ideology:Salafist jihadism[2]
Leaders:Saqr al-Jihad[3]
Area:Latakia Governorate, Syria[4]
Partof:al-Nusra Front[5]
Allies:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[6]
Green Battalion
Harakat Sham al-Islam
Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar
Ahrar ash-Sham[7]
Opponents:Syrian Armed Forces
Battles:Syrian Civil War

Suqour al-Ezz (Arabic: كتيبة صقور العز), also spelled Suqour al-Izz,[3] 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.[1] However, in January 2014, the group joined al-Nusra.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Muhajireen Battalions in Syria. 13 December 2013. 19 May 2014.
  2. Web site: The new face of the Syrian rebellion. The Arab Chronicle. 2 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140326104506/http://the-arab-chronicle.com/new-face-syrian-rebellion/#. 26 March 2014.
  3. Web site: Rebels Reopen the Latakia Front. Institute for the Study of War. 10 April 2014. 26 May 2014.
  4. Web site: The Other Syrian Peace Process. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 27 January 2014. 19 May 2014.
  5. Web site: Inside Baseball on Syrian Rebel Infighting. Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 7 February 2014. 28 May 2014.
  6. News: The Assad Regime and Jihadis: Collaborators and Allies?. 11 February 2014. 19 May 2014.
  7. News: Former Guantanamo detainee killed while leading jihadist group in Syria. 4 April 2014. 19 May 2014. Long War Journal.
  8. Web site: The Syrian rebel groups pulling in foreign fighters. BBC. 24 December 2013. 19 May 2014.