Fighting Vanguard

The Fighting Vanguard of the Mujahidin (Arabic: الطليعة المقاتلة للمجاهدين, al-Tali’a al-Muqatila lil-Mujahidin) or the Fighting Vanguard of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (Arabic: الطليعة المقاتلة للإخوان المسلمين في سوريا) was a splinter group of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria that took part in violent actions against the ruling Baath regime during the Islamist uprising in Syria mainly between 1976 and 1982.

Fighting Vanguard of the Mujahidin
الطليعة المقاتلة للمجاهدين
LeaderMarwan Hadid (until June 1975)
Abdel Sattar az-Za’im (until mid-1979)
Adnan Uqlah (June 1979 – late 1982)
Foundation1960s
Dissolved1982
Split fromMuslim Brotherhood in Syria
CountrySyria
IdeologyIslamism
Qutbism
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