National Unity Brigades

National Unity Brigades
National Unity Brigades
كتائب الوحدة الوطنية; Kata'ib al-Wehda al-Watania
	Logo of the National Unity Brigades
Leaders	Lieutenant Colonel Safi Abdel Karim; Captain Muhammad Tabnaja; Sergeant Muhammad Hammoud †; Ahmad Khdairu; Abdul Rahman Abdullah ("Abu Walid"); Hader Sheikh al-Shabab; Yusef Haj Yusef; Ali Haj Hassan; Abu Muhammad al-Maydani; Muhammad al-Hashish;
Dates of operation	August 2012 – mid-2014 (defunct)
Allegiance	National Unity Movement
Active regions	Syria Idlib Governorate; Latakia Governorate; Hama Governorate; Rif Dimashq Governorate; Damascus Governorate; Suwayda Governorate;
Ideology	Syrian nationalism; Democracy
Size	"Few hundred" – 2,000
Part of	Free Syrian Army Free Syria Front (May–December 2013);
Allies	33rd Infantry Division; Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades; Syrian Revolutionaries Front;
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces; Al-Nusra Front; Islamic State;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012–April 2013);

The National Unity Brigades (Arabic: كتائب الوحدة الوطنية; Kata'ib al-Wehda al-Watania) was an alliance of Syrian rebel groups that participated in the Syrian Civil War. The group was formed in August 2012. Known for its non-sectarianism, the group included rebels from minority groups such as Christians, Druze, Ismailis, and Alawites. The goal of the group was to establish a civil, democratic state for "all ethnicities and social identities".

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