Farouq Brigades
The Farouq Brigades (Arabic: كتائب الفاروق), also spelt Farooq and Farook, was an armed rebel organisation formed by a number of Homs based members of the Free Syrian Army early in the Syrian Civil War. The group rapidly expanded in size and prominence in 2012, before suffering internal splits and battlefield reversals in 2013 that greatly reduced its influence. By 2014, the group was largely defunct, with member factions joining other rebel groups. The brigades were named Farouq after Omar bin al-Khattab, a Sahaba (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the second Caliph.
| Farouq Brigades | |
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| كتائب الفاروق | |
Logo of the Farouq Brigades | |
| Leaders | Abdul Razzaq Tlass (October 2011 – 6 October 2012) Osama Juneidi (Abu Sayeh) Taleb al-Dayekh |
| Dates of operation | June 2011 – 2014 (central organization, remnants remained active until 2017) |
| Split from | Khalid ibn al-Walid Battalion |
| Ideology | Sunni Islamism |
| Size | 14,000–20,000 (own claim) (May–June 2013) |
| Part of | Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Liberation Front (2012–2013) |
| Allies | Suqour al-Sham Liwa al-Islam Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa People's Protection Units |
| Opponents | Syria Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ahrar al-Sham (Aleppo Branch, 2013) |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War
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