This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Liwa Dawud" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Liwa Dawud
لواء داوود Liwa Dawud
Flag of Liwa Dawud[1]
Leaders
Hassan Aboud †[2]
Dates of operation
2012–2014
Active regions
Idlib Governorate, Syria
Ideology
Sunni Islamism Salafism
Size
1,000 men, 10 tanks, and 150 vehicles [3]
Part of
Suqour al-Sham (2012-2013)[4] Jaysh al-Sham (2014) Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Allies
Ahrar al-Sham (2012–2014)[5] Al-Nusra Front (until June 2014) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Opponents
Syria Iran Free Syrian Army (since 2014)[6] People's Protection Units Ahrar al-Sham Al-Nusra Front (since June 2014)[7] PKK
Israel America Russia
Battles and wars
Syrian Civil War
Battle of Taftanaz
Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012–April 2013)
2014 Idlib offensive
Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
Battle of Kobane
Palmyra offensive (May 2015)
Insurgency in Idlib
Succeeded by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Liwa Dawud (Arabic:لواء داوود, liwa' dawud, The David Brigade) was an armed group in the Syrian Civil War headquartered in Samrin in the Idlib Governorate and originated as a subunit in Suqour al-Sham then later became an independent faction then joined the Jaysh al-Sham coalition until 2014 when the group along with its leader defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during the course of the Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War.
^. July 14, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190714212156/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dg-AOL8UcAE6jfr.jpg. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^Chivers, C. J. (20 December 2015). "Behind the Black Flag: The Recruitment of an ISIS Killer". New York Times.
^"Liwa Dawud - Today in Syria". malcolmxtreme.wordprpess.com.
^"July 2014 Briefs - Jamestown". Jamestown.
^مقابلة خاصة مع قائد لواء داود حسان عبود واحد قواد حركة احرار الشام وابو علي قائد لواء احفاد الصحابة, retrieved 2022-07-03
^"1,000 Syrian rebels defect to Islamic State in sign it's still strengthening". Sacramento Bee. 8 July 2014.
^""داعش" يجتاح 6 قرى وبلدات سورية بمساعدة حليفه "لواء داود الإسلامي "". CNN Arabic (in Arabic). 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
LiwaDawud (Arabic:لواء داوود, liwa' dawud, The David Brigade) was an armed group in the Syrian Civil War headquartered in Samrin in the Idlib Governorate...
Dawud (Arabic: دَاوُوْد, romanized: Dāwūd [daːwuːd]), or David, is considered a prophet and messenger of God (Allah) in Islam, as well as a righteous,...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
estimated between 500-1500. The main force composed of Afghan fighters is the liwa' fatimiyun (Fatemiyoun Brigade), which was found in late 2012.. The number...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
of local militiamen, Syrian Army regulars, Shia militants from Liwa Fatemiyoun and Liwa Zainebiyoun, and reportedly Russian private military contractors...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
had helped defend the Kurdish town of Kobanî during the Siege of Kobanî. Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa had been expelled by the al-Nusra Front and ISIL from the...
activity of ISIL Dokumacılar Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Liwa al-Aqsa Group of the One and Only LiwaDawud al-Qaeda and allies Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic...
Global Information
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ahrar al-Sham (2012–2014)[5] 
Al-Nusra Front (until June 2014)
Syria
Iran
Free Syrian Army (since 2014)[6]
People's Protection Units
PKK
Israel 
America
Russia