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Shields of the Revolution Council
هيئة دروع الثورة
Dates of operationJanuary 2013 - March 2014 [1]
Active regions Idlib Governorate [2]
Ideology Islamic democracy [2]
Anti-imperialism
Size5,000 - 7,000 [1]
Part of Muslim Brotherhood of Syria [1]
Free Syrian Army [3]
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council [3]
Opponents Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Battles and wars Syrian Civil War
Succeeded by
Sham Legion

The Shields of the Revolution Council ( Arabic: هيئة دروع الثورة, Hayat Duru al-Thawra) was a Syrian FSA-rebel alliance affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria. Bashar al-Assad labeled the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood as an extremist “terror” group. [1] It joined the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council on 3 August 2014. [3]

In March 2014, the Fatiheen Brigade, Eman Brigade and Sihem al-Haq Brigade, previously affiliated with the Shields, split from the group and joined the newly formed Sham Legion alliance. [4] [5]

Member groups

  • Dera al-Jabal [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Syrian Muslim Brotherhood hesitant to plunge into militia game". The Daily Star. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "A tapestry of war". Al-Ahram Weekly. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "EXCLUSIVE – 18 Syrian revolutionary factions advancing toward a One Army project". The Arab Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  4. ^ "The Sham Legion: Syria's Moderate Islamists". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  5. ^ Cody Roche Syrian Opposition Factions in the Syrian Civil War, Bellingcat, 13 August 2016

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