Northern Division (Syrian rebel group)

Northern Division
Northern Division
الفرقة الشمالية
	; Logo of the Northern Division; ; Flag of the Knights of Justice Brigade
Leaders	Lt. Col. Fares Bayoush (former, resigned in 2017); 1st Lt. Mohamed Khaled Bayoush;
Dates of operation	25 February 2012—present (Knights of Justice Brigade); December 2015—present (Northern Division);
Group(s)	Knights of Justice Brigade; 101st Infantry Division (December 2015—June 2016);
Headquarters	Kafr Nabl
Active regions	Hama Governorate; Idlib Governorate; Aleppo Governorate;
Size	1,400 total, 300 active combatants (2013); 1,200 (2015);
Part of	Free Syrian Army Free Idlib Army; 5th Corps (2014–2015); 13th Division (2013–2014); ; Syrian Revolutionary Command Council (2014–2015); Fatah Halab (2015–2016); Mare' Operations Room (2014–2016); Hawar Kilis Operations Room;
Allies	101st Infantry Division; Mountain Hawks Brigade; 13th Division; Islamic Front;
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces; National Defence Forces; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Syrian Democratic Forces;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015); Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015); Aleppo offensive (April 2016); Northern Aleppo offensive (March–April 2016); Russia military intervention in the Syrian civil war;

The Northern Division (Arabic: الفرقة الشمالية), formerly the Knights of Justice Brigade (Arabic: لواء فرسان الحق, Liwa Fursan al-Haqq), is a Free Syrian Army group sanctioned by the Syrian National Council and formerly part of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council. The group received BGM-71 TOW missiles from the United States and Saudi Arabia, and is also armed, trained, and funded by Qatar.

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