Ahfad_al-Rasul_Brigades
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The Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades (Arabic: ألوية أحفاد الرسول Al-wiat Aḥfād ar-Rasūl, "Grandsons of the Prophet Brigades") was a Syrian rebel group fighting against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War. It was funded by the Qatari government.

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Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades
ألوية أحفاد الرسول
Leaders
  • Col. Ziad Haj Obaid (until September 2013)
  • Saddam al-Jamal (until November 2013)
  • Abu Mazin 
Dates of operationJuly 2012–early 2014
Active regionsSyria
IdeologySunni Islamism
Salafist jihadism (factions)
Size7,000–9,000
Part of Free Syrian Army Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front (2014)
Allies Qatar
France (Allegedly)
Kurdish Islamic Front (formerly)
Ahrar ash-Sham
Al-Nusra Front (until August 2013)
Ansar al-Islam
People's Protection Units (occasionally)
Opponents Ba'athist Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since August 2013)
Al-Nusra Front (since August 2013)
Ahrar al-Sham (2013)
People's Protection Units (2012–14)
Battles and warsSyrian civil war
Succeeded by
Syrian Revolutionaries Front (Idlib branch)
Jaysh al-Ahfad (Northern Aleppo branch)
77th Division (Deir ez-Zor branch)
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