Arab Ahwaz Brigade

Arab Ahwaz Brigade
Arab Ahwaz Brigade
Leaders	Lt.Abu Isaac Al-Ahwazy
Dates of operation	March 2011-Unknown
Group(s)	Al-Suna and Jama'a Battalion
Size	7-58 men; 1 vehicle (2011); 800 (post 2011)
Part of	Free Syrian Army; Ahrar al-Sharqiya; Lions of the East Army; Syrian Democratic Forces
Allies	Turkey; Ahrar al-Sham; Jabhat al-Nusra
Opponents	Syria; Iran; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; People's Protection Units
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–14); Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011 – March 2012); Battle of Ras al-Ayn; Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012–April 2013);

The Arab Ahwaz Brigade was a Free Syrian Army rebel group from Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate that also held a presence in other parts of northern Syria including in the Idlib and Aleppo Governorates. Although the group name was chosen to show solidarity with Iran's Ahwazi Arabs (an ethnic group in conflict with Iran), the Arab Ahwaz Brigade claimed to consist only of native Syrians with no foreign fighters.

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