Suqour al-Ezz

Suqour al-Ezz (Arabic: كتيبة صقور العز‎), also spelled Suqour al-Izz,[1] was a group composed of primarily Saudi jihadists that have been active during the Syrian Civil War.[8]

Suqour al-Ezz
كتيبة صقور العز
Leaders	Saqr al-Jihad[1]
Dates of operation	February 2013[2]–January 2014
Active regions	Latakia Governorate, Syria[3]
Ideology	Salafist jihadism[4]
Part of	al-Nusra Front[1][5]
Allies	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[6] Green Battalion[4] Harakat Sham al-Islam Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar Ahrar ash-Sham[7]
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2013 Latakia offensive[7] Battle of Aleppo (2012–present)[2]

Founded in February 2013, due to personal disputes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Nusra Front, it originally operated as an independent jihadist group while still cooperating on the battlefield with both groups.[2] However, in January 2014, the group joined al-Nusra.[5]

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

References

1. "Rebels Reopen the Latakia Front". Institute for the Study of War. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
2. "Muhajireen Battalions in Syria". 13 December 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
3. "The Other Syrian Peace Process". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
4. "The new face of the Syrian rebellion". The Arab Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
5. "Inside Baseball on Syrian Rebel Infighting". Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
6. "The Assad Regime and Jihadis: Collaborators and Allies?". 11 February 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
7. "Former Guantanamo detainee killed while leading jihadist group in Syria". Long War Journal. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
8. "The Syrian rebel groups pulling in foreign fighters". BBC. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

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