Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa

Raqqa Revolutionaries Brigade
Liwa Thūwwār ar-Raqqah
Raqqa Revolutionaries Brigade; Liwa Thūwwār ar-Raqqah
لواء ثوار الرقة
	; Logo of Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa; ; Flag of Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa
Leaders	Ahmad al-Othman bin Alloush ("Abu Issa al-Raqqawi"); Abu Saif; Abu Dahash; Capt. Abu Jasim al-Shammari; Abdullah al-Helu; Abu Diab †;
Dates of operation	September 2012 – June 2018
Group(s)	Free Women of Raqqa Battalion; Former: Raqqa Hawks Brigade; Raqqa Martyrs Brigade; Jihad in the Path of God Brigade; Victory of Saladin Battalion; Ahrar al-Furat; Saraya al-Furat;
Headquarters	Ayn Issa
Active regions	Raqqa Governorate; and Aleppo Governorate,
Ideology	Sunni Islamism (2012–14); Democracy (since 2014)
Size	+800 (self-claim, late 2015)
Part of	Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades; Syrian Democratic Forces; (2015–present); Euphrates Volcano (2014–2015); Al-Nusra Front (September 2013–January 2014);
Allies	People's Protection Units (YPG, since 2014); Women's Protection Units (YPJ, since 2014); Army of Revolutionaries; Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (since 2014); Ahrar al-Sham; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Until 2014); Farouq Brigades;
Opponents	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since 2014); Syria; People's Protection Units (Until 2014, sporadic clahses in 2016 and 2018); Raqqa Internal Security Forces (May-June 2018); Raqqa Hawks Brigade;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Raqqa campaign (2012–13) Battle of Raqqa (March 2013); ; Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; Rojava–Islamist conflict Siege of Kobanî; Tell Abyad offensive; Raqqa campaign (2016–2017); ; Inner-SDF conflict during the Syrian Civil War;

Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa (Arabic: لواء ثوار الرقة, romanized: Liwā' Thūwwār ar-Raqqah, lit. 'Raqqa Revolutionaries' Brigade') was a rebel group in the Syrian Civil War. It was formed in September 2012 in the Raqqa Governorate. Aligned with jihadist factions for its first years, at the end of 2015, it joined the Syrian Democratic Forces. During an interview by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi in 2015, Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa's media director stated that the group wants a "civil democratic state". He also claimed that the group had no relations with the Syrian National Coalition based in Turkey.

Between the end of 2015 and mid-2017, the group was known as Jabhat Thuwar al-Raqqa (Arabic: جبهة ثوار الرقة, romanized: Jabhat Thūwwār ar-Raqqah), or the Front of Raqqa Revolutionaries.

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