Raqqa Hawks Brigade

Raqqa Hawks Brigade
Raqqa Hawks Brigade
لواء صقور الرقة; Liwa Suqur al Raqqa
	Logo of the Raqqa Hawks Brigade.
Leaders	Abu Saleh al-Hindawi (top commander); Abu Adnan (top commander); Fayad Ghanim (leader of the Ghanim group); Ayman Ghanim (Ghanim group spokesman); Abu Yamen al-Meko (POW) (leader of Northern Union); Aboud al-Hafez (Martyr Tasleem Jimmo Brigade leader); Abu Mustafa;
Dates of operation	2015 — present
Group(s)	Ghanim group (formerly, presumed dissolved); Martyr Tasleem Jimmo Brigade; Northern Union (formerly, presumed destroyed);
Headquarters	Tell Abyad
Active regions	Raqqa Governorate; Aleppo Governorate; Al-Hasakah Governorate;
Ideology	Ba'athism (claimed/suspected by outsiders)
Size	c. 1,000 50+ (Ghanim group); c. 300 (Martyr Tasleem Jimmo Brigade);
Part of	Syrian Democratic Forces
Allies	YPG, YPJ, MFS and other SDF affiliates; United States; Syrian government (Northern Union and Ghanim group, possibly also rest of the militia); Russia (Ghanim group)
Opponents	Islamic State; Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) Battle of Tabqa (2017); Battle of Raqqa (2017); ; Inner-SDF conflict during the Syrian Civil War;

The Raqqa Hawks Brigade (Arabic: لواء صقور الرقة, romanized: Liwa Suqur al Raqqa), also known as Raqqa Falcons Brigade, is a primarily Arab militia, composed mostly of Raqqa natives, that is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and fights against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The unit's stated goal was to recapture its home city from ISIL, which it achieved by taking part in the Battle of Raqqa (2017). The Raqqa Hawks are considered to have sympathies for and connections with Bashar al-Assad's government.

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