Descendants of Saladin Brigade

Descendants of Saladin Brigade
Descendants of Saladin Brigade
لواء أحفاد صلاح الدين; Liwa Ahfad Saladin
	A variant of the Syrian opposition flag used by Liwa Ahfad Saladin, in addition to the flag of Kurdistan and the regular independence flag
Leaders	Mahmoud Khallo (nom de guerre "Abu Hamza") (until July 2017); Masoud Ibo ("Abu al-Majd Komale") (spokesman); Mohammed Hawash (until March 2016; since July 2017);
Dates of operation	2015–July 2017 (main group); July 2017–present (pro-Turkey faction)
Headquarters	Azaz and Mare'
Active regions	Aleppo Governorate
Ideology	Democracy; Kurdish nationalism (faction)
Size	600 (2016)
Part of	Free Syrian Army 99th Division (2016); Hawar Kilis Operations Room
Allies	United States (faction, until late 2016); Kurdish National Council (faction); Turkey (pro-Afrin offensive faction, main group until July 2017);
Opponents	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Syrian Democratic Forces; Ahrar al-Sham (sometimes); Levant Front (anti-Afrin offensive faction, July 2017);
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Northern Aleppo offensive (March–April 2016); Syrian Kurdish-Islamist conflict (2013-present); Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; Operation Euphrates Shield Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016); Battle of al-Bab; ; Operation Olive Branch (pro-Turkey faction);

The Descendants of Saladin Brigade (Arabic: لواء أحفاد صلاح الدين; Liwa Ahfad Saladin) was a Free Syrian Army group active in the northern Aleppo Governorate. The group was supported by Turkey and was initially funded and armed by the United States, mainly fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant but also opposing the Syrian government and the Democratic Union Party's (PYD) affiliates such as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The brigade was largely disbanded by the Turkish Army in 2017, following disagreements over the participation in a planned Turkish-led offensive against Afrin Canton, although a small faction within the group (known simply as Saladin Brigade) remained active and participated in the offensive since January 2018.

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