Back جبهة تحرير سوريا الإسلامية Arabic Syrische Islamische Befreiungsfront German Frente Sirio de Liberación Islámica Spanish Front islamique de libération syrien French Den syriske islamske frigjøringsfront NB Syryjski Front Wyzwolenia Islamu Polish Frente Islâmica de Libertação da Síria Portuguese
| Syrian Islamic Liberation Front جبهة تحرير سوريا الإسلامية Jabha Tahrir Suriya al Islamiyyah | |
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 Official logo of the SILF | |
| Leaders | Ahmed Eissa al-Sheikh (Suqour al-Sham) Zahran Alloush (spokesperson) (WIA) (Liwa al-Islam) |
| Dates of operation | September 2012 – 25 November 2013 |
| Group(s) |
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| Headquarters | Sarjeh, Idlib Governorate |
| Active regions | Syria |
| Ideology | Sunni Islamism[2] |
| Size | 35,000–40,000 (own claim)[4][5] (June 2013) |
| Part of |  Free Syrian Army[6] |
| Allies |  Saudi Arabia Kuwait Turkey Qatar Syrian Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front (formerly)[7] |
| Opponents |  Syrian Arab Armed Forces National Defense Forces Hezbollah Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps People's Protection Units (YPG)[8] Jabhat Ghuraba al-Sham[9] |
| Battles and wars | Syrian civil war |
The Syrian Islamic Liberation Front (SILF; Arabic: جبهة تحرير سوريا الإسلامية, "Jabhat Tahrīr Sūriya al-Islāmiyyah") was a coalition of Syrian Islamist rebel groups nominally under the command of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army that fought against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War. At the end of 2012, it was one of the strongest rebel coalitions in Syria,[10] representing up to half of the rebel forces.[4]
In late November 2013, Suqour al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam, and the Al-Tawhid Brigade, the largest and most influential members of the Front, announced that they were joining the Islamic Front,[11] greatly weakening SILF.[6] On 25 November 2013, a statement appeared on the Front's website announcing that it was ceasing all operations.[12] The Syrian Islamic Liberation Front was thought to be more moderate than the Ahrar al-Sham-led Syrian Islamic Front, and also closer Arab Gulf States than the Syrian Islamic Front which was closer to Turkey and Qatar.[13][14]
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- ^ Sowell, Kirk (3 September 2013). "The fragmenting FSA". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Syrian Opposition Condemns Jihadists Targeting Alawites". Al Monitor. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ a b Karouny, Mariam (11 October 2012). "Syria's Islamist rebels join forces against Assad". Reuters. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Aron Lund (17 June 2013). "Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria's rebels". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Insurgents Declare War on Syria's Kurds". SyriaReport. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Warring Syrian rebel groups abduct each other's members". Times of Israel. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Syria's Secular and Islamist Rebels: Who Are the Saudis and the Qataris Arming?". Time Magazine. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Leading Syrian rebel groups form new Islamic Front". BBC. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "بيان حل جبهة تحرير سورية الإسلامية | جبهة تحرير سورية الإسلامية". Syrialiberationfront.net. 2013-11-25. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
- ^ "Syria's moderate rebels wane as extremist forces dominate". 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Fallout from the Fall of Taftanaz".