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{{infobox war faction
| name = al-Tawhid Brigade
| native_name = لواء التوحيد
| native_name_lang = ar
| war = the [[Syrian Civil War]]
| image = Tawhid Brigades.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Official logo of the Tawhid Brigade
| active = 18 July 2012—2014 (central group, some remnants still use the name)
| ideology = [[Sunni]] [[Islamism]]
| leaders = {{plain list|
* [[Abdul Qader Saleh]]{{KIA}}<ref name="Islamistbrigadestrike">[http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/86539/World/Region/Syria-air-strike-hits-Islamist-brigade-leadership.aspx Syria air strike hits Islamist brigade leadership] [[Al Ahram]] (AFP), 15 November 2013</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-commander-idUSBRE9AH03H20131118 Top Syrian rebel commander dies from wounds] (Reuters), 18 November 2013</ref> (Top Commander July 2012–November 2013)
* Adnan Bakkour{{KIA}}<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/al-qaeda-fighters-kill-syrian-rebel-leader-2014229511898140.html Al-Qaeda fighters kill Syrian rebel leaders] [[Al-Jazeera]], 2 February 2014</ref> (Top Commander November 2013–January 2014)
* Abdelaziz Salameh<ref name=ceip26dec>{{Cite news|title=The Levant Front: Can Aleppo's Rebels Unite?|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=57605|date=26 December 2014|access-date=30 January 2015|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}}</ref> (Top Commander January 2014-?)
* Maj. Mohammed Hamadeen<ref name=bolling>{{cite web|url=http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Backgrounder_RebelGroupsNorthernAleppo.pdf|title=Rebel Groups in northern Aleppo Province|work=Institute for the Study of War|author=Jeffrey Bolling|date=29 August 2012}}</ref> (Free North Brigade)
* Col. [[Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi]]
* Col. Yusef al-Jader{{KIA}}<ref name="AhramalJader">{{cite news|title=Free Syrian Army top commander killed in Syria's Aleppo|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/60568/World/Region/Free-Syrian-Army-top-commander-killed-in-Syrias-Al.aspx|newspaper=[[Al-Ahram]]|date=15 December 2012|access-date=23 December 2012}}</ref> (Senior commander in Aleppo)
* Yussef al-Abbas{{KIA}}<ref name="Islamistbrigadestrike" /> (Intelligence chief)
}}
| clans = *Free North Brigade
*Mountain Knights Brigade
*Darat Izza Brigade
*Aleppo Shahba Battalions
*[[Northern Storm Brigade]]
*1st Regiment
| headquarters = [[Aleppo]], [[Mare']], and [[Tell Rifaat]]
| area = {{plain list|
* [[Aleppo Governorate]]
* [[Homs Governorate]]
* [[Raqqa Governorate]]
}} of [[Syria]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArjDnn/status/609762274941792256|title=A Dunon on Twitter}}</ref>
| size = 10,000 (own claim) (Nov 2012)<ref name=Atassi/> 11,000 (Oct 2013)<ref name="AlMonitorTawheed">{{cite news|title=The Story of Al-Tawhid Brigade: Fighting for Sharia in Syria|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/10/syria-opposition-islamists-tawhid-brigade.html|publisher=[[Al-Monitor]] ([[As-Safir]])|date=22 October 2013|access-date=22 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925033432/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/10/syria-opposition-islamists-tawhid-brigade.html|archive-date=25 September 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| partof = {{plain list|
* {{flagdeco|Syrian opposition}} [[Free Syrian Army]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/ground-zero/syria-the-free-syrian-army|title=Syria - The Free Syrian Army|publisher=Vice|date=22 December 2012|access-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518025303/http://www.vice.com/ground-zero/syria-the-free-syrian-army|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg|border=}} [[Euphrates Volcano]] ({{small|eastern branch only, 2014}})<ref name=volcano>{{Cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syrian-kurdish-leader-hails-euphrates-volcano-fight-against-1988594600|title=Syrian Kurdish leader hails 'Euphrates Volcano' fight against IS|work=[[Middle East Eye]]|author=Jonathan Steele|date=12 September 2014}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Front (Syria) (Black).svg}} [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]] ({{small|2013–2014}})
* {{flagicon image|Insignia of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council.svg|border=}} [[Syrian Revolutionary Command Council]] ({{small|2014}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=57350|title=The Revolutionary Command Council: Rebel Unity in Syria?|work=Carnegie Endowment of International Peace|date=1 December 2014|access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>
* [[Syrian Islamic Liberation Front]] (2012–2013)
}}
| merger_of = *Free North Brigade
*Mountain Knights Brigade
*Darat Izza Brigade
*Aleppo Shahba Battalions
| allies = {{flag|Qatar}} {{flagicon image|Flag of the Al-Nusra Front.svg}} [[al-Nusra Front]] ({{small|until 2013}})<ref name="AlMonitorTawheed"/><ref name="TOI">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/warring-rebel-groups-abduct-each-others-members-in-syria/|title=Warring Syrian rebel groups abduct each other's members|date=18 May 2013|publisher=Times of Israel|access-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> {{flagicon image|Ahrar al-Sham Black Standard.svg}} [[Ahrar ash-Sham]]<ref name="IslamistBlocSyria">{{cite news|title=New Islamist Bloc Declares Opposition to National Coalition and US Strategy|url=http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/major-rebel-factions-drop-exiles-go-full-islamist/|author=Aron Lund|publisher=Syria Comment|date=24 September 2013|access-date=25 September 2013}}</ref> {{flagicon image|Jaysh Al Islam black flag.svg}} [[Jaysh al-Islam]]<ref name="IslamistBlocSyria" /> {{flagicon image|Flag of the Sham Legion.svg}} [[Sham Legion]]<ref name=ngs>{{cite news|url=http://notgeorgesabra.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/freedom-human-rights-rule-of-law-the-goals-and-guiding-principles-of-the-islamic-front-and-its-allies/|title=Freedom, Human Rights, Rule of Law: The Goals and Guiding Principles of the Islamic Front and Its Allies|date=17 May 2014|access-date=17 May 2014|work=Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style}}</ref> {{flagdeco|Rojava}}{{flagdeco|Syrian opposition}} [[Kurdish Front]] ({{small|2014}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/03/syria-kurds-pyd-ypg-isis-rebels-kobani-afrin.html|title=Syrian Kurds, rebels find common enemy in ISIS|last=van Wilgenburg|first=Wladimir|date=27 March 2014|work=Al Monitor|access-date=16 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011258/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/03/syria-kurds-pyd-ypg-isis-rebels-kobani-afrin.html|archive-date=28 March 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> {{flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg|border=no}} [[People's Protection Units]] ({{small|sometimes, 2014}})<ref name=volcano/> {{flag|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} ({{small|2013}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aymennjawad.org/13884/analyzing-events-in-azaz|title=Analyzing Events in Azaz: A Detailed Look At ISIS' Takeover|author=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi|author-link=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi|date=10 October 2013}}</ref>
| opponents =
{{flag|Syria}} {{flagdeco|Syrian Opposition}} [[Jabhat Ghuraba al-Sham|Ghuraba al-Sham Front]]<ref name="TOI"/> {{flag|Hezbollah}} {{flag|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} ({{small|2014}})<ref name=ngs/> {{flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg|border=no}} [[People's Protection Units]] ({{small|2012–2014}})<ref name="almon">{{cite news|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/06/syria-rebels-kurdish-militias-clash.html|title=Syrian Rebels Clash With Kurdish Militias|date=9 June 2013|publisher=Al Monitor|access-date=5 July 2013}}</ref>
| battles = [[Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)]]
* [[Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–2013)]]<ref name="taz">{{cite web| url = https://taz.de/Buergerkrieg-in-Syrien/!5070428/| title =Bürgerkrieg in Syria: Jedem seine eigene Rebellengruppe |trans-title=Civil war in Syria: Everyone has their own rebel group| work = TAZ |language=German| date = 28 March 2013 | access-date = 19 October 2021}}</ref>
* [[Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–2014)]]<ref name="taz" />
* [[Siege of Menagh Air Base]]
* [[Battle of al-Qusayr (2013)]]
* [[2013 Latakia offensive]]
* [[Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War|Syrian opposition-ISIL conflict]]
** [[Northern Aleppo offensive (February–July 2014)]]
* [[Siege of Kobanî]]
|designated_as_terror_group_by={{SYR}}<ref>https://russiancouncil.ru/en/syria-extremism#lt</ref> {{UAE}}<ref>http://wam.ae/en/details/1395272478814</ref>
}}

The '''al-Tawhid Brigade''' ({{lang-ar-at|لواء التوحيد|Liwa al-Tawhid|lit=Brigade of Oneness}}), named after [[Tawhid]], the "oneness of God," but often mistranslated as '''Unity Brigade''', was an armed Islamist [[Syrian Opposition|insurgent group]] involved in the [[Syrian Civil War]].

The al-Tawhid Brigade was formed in 2012.<ref name=bbc2012/><ref name=TRAC/> Reportedly backed by [[Qatar]],<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-aleppo-idUSBRE9AE04320131115 Syrian air raid kills rebel commander in Aleppo: activists] [[Reuters]], 14 November 2013</ref> al-Tawhid was considered one of the biggest groups in northern Syria, dominating much of the insurgency around Aleppo.<ref name="TRAC" />

Affiliated with the [[Muslim Brotherhood]],<ref name="AhramalJader" /><ref name="AlMonitorTawheed"/> in late 2013 it co-signed a joint statement calling for [[Sharia]] law and rejecting the authority of the [[Syrian National Coalition]].<ref name=Roggio>{{cite web |author=Bill Roggio |title=Free Syrian Army units ally with al Qaeda, reject Syrian National Coalition, and call for sharia |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/09/free_syrian_army_uni.php |publisher=The Long War Journal |date=26 September 2013 |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>

Originally, al-Tawhid was composed of four subunits, the ''Mountain Knights Brigade'', the ''Darat Izza Brigade'', the ''Free North Brigade'', and the ''Aleppo Shahba Battalions''.<ref name=bolling/>

Its leader [[Abdul Qader Saleh]] was killed in November 2013 in a devastating [[Syrian Air Force]] airstrike.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/syrian-rebel-leader-abdul-qader-saleh-dies-of-injuries-sustained-in-airstrike/2013/11/18/ee71c086-5046-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html|title=Syrian rebel leader Abdul Qader Saleh dies of injuries sustained in airstrike|last1=Sly|first1=Liz|last2=Morris|first2=Loveday|date=November 18, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> Its northern branch, the ''Free North Brigade'', was in 2014 reportedly "superseded" by the [[Northern Sun Battalion]] ''(Shams al-Shamal)''.<ref name=Landis14Oct>{{cite web |author=Joshua Landis |author-link=Joshua Landis |title=The Dawn of Freedom Brigades: Analysis and Interview |url=http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/profile-tajammu-alwiya-fajr-al-hurriya/ |date=2 October 2014 |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>

== Branches ==

The Tawhid Brigade consisted was organized into three branches:
* The ''Free North Brigade'', as the largest subunit of the Tawhid Brigade, was present in the [[Kilis]] Corridor and took over the leadership of several subunits in [[al-Bab]] to the east of Aleppo. On 16 June 2017, remnants of the group using its name joined the [[Sham Legion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qasioun.net/ar/news/show/75737/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B6%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85|title=Brigade North are free to announce joining the Sham Corps|work=Qasioun News Agency|date=16 June 2017|access-date=17 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619072416/http://qasioun.net/ar/news/show/75737/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B6%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85|archive-date=19 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* The ''Mountain Knights Brigade'' operated in the southwest of [[Aleppo Governorate]] near the border with the [[Idlib Governorate]] and the city of [[Atarib]].
* The ''Darat Izza Brigade'', named after the town of [[Darat Izza]], operated in the western part of the city of [[Aleppo]].<ref name=bolling/>

By March 2013, the al-Tawhid Brigade had become active in northeastern and eastern Syria as well, where one of its representatives, Sheikh Saif, tried to set up a loose coalition of Islamist groups known as "Dschabhat Islami".<ref name="taz" /> Around June 2013, the militia was reorganised into nearly 30 sub-factions.<ref name="ctc270813">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-non-state-militant-landscape-in-syria|title=The Non-State Militant Landscape in Syria|last=Lund|first=Aron|publisher=[[CTC Sentinel]]|date=2013-08-27|access-date=2013-08-28}}</ref>

In November 2013, the Elite Islamic Battalion left the Tawhid Brigade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/2252.html|title=Tawhid Brigade dismisses 6 battalions over shariah breaches SYRIA NEWS - ZAMAN ALWSL}}</ref>

On 2 March 2014, the [[Northern Storm Brigade]] announced that they would join the [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]] under the leadership of the al-Tawhid Brigade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Mar-05/249284-northern-storm-joins-tawhid-brigade.ashx|title=Northern Storm joins Tawhid Brigade|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|The Daily Star]]|date=5 March 2014|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> Also in 2014, the [[Euphrates Jarabulus Battalions]] left to join the [[Dawn of Freedom Brigades]].

At some point, the 1st Regiment was a member group of the Tawhid Brigade.

== History ==

===Formation===
The al-Tawhid Brigade was formed in 2012 in order to coordinate the [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2013)|Battle of Aleppo]],<ref name=bbc2012>{{cite news|title=Syria: Fear and hunger amid battle for Aleppo|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19042700|last=Panell|first=Ian|publisher=BBC|date=30 July 2012|access-date=30 July 2012}}</ref> with the stated mission to found a "civil state in Syria with Islam being the main source of legislation."<ref name=TRAC>{{cite web |title=Liwaa al-Tawhid Brigade |publisher=Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium |url=http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/liwaa-al-tawhid-brigade |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>

===Activities===
[[File:Al-Tawhid Brigade deface image of Bashar al-Assad on the Hama-Raqqa road.png|left|thumb|Fighters of the al-Tawhid Brigade deface an image of President [[Bashar al-Assad]] on the road between [[Hama]] and Raqqa on 27 March 2013.]]
In November 2012, the Tawhid Brigade announced their support for the [[Syrian National Coalition]] but called for greater representation in the coalition. The brigade's leadership called for "a civil state where the basis of legislation is the Islamic faith, with consideration for all the [minority] groups of Syria". They thereby implicitly rejected an earlier statement they had made, with other local factions, which had called for an Islamic state in Syria and denouncing the Syrian National Coalition.<ref name=Atassi>{{cite news|title=Aleppo rebels retract rejection of coalition|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/11/2012112016567298627.html|last=Atassi|first=Basma|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=20 November 2012|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Aleppo and the Battle for the Syrian Revolution's Soul|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/12/04/u.s.-fiscal-cliff-risks-dragging-global-economy-into-darkness/eq10|last=Lund|first=Aron|publisher=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]|date=4 December 2012|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>

In January 2013, the Tawhid Brigade announced on its website that it had become a member of the [[Syrian Islamic Liberation Front]].<ref name="tawhid">{{cite web|url=http://lewaaltawheed.com/?p=2869|title=انضمام لواء التوحيد لجبهة تحرير سوريا الاسلامية|access-date=24 January 2013|archive-date=14 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114054014/http://lewaaltawheed.com/?p=2869|url-status=dead}} Official Website (in Arabic)</ref>

In May 2013, the [[hell cannon]], a mortar-like improvised firearm designed and built by the insurgent group Free North Brigade, was first noted in the press.<ref name=moses>{{cite web |url=http://brown-moses.blogspot.com/2013/05/diy-weapons-in-syria-hell-cannon.html |title=DIY Weapons In Syria - The Hell Cannon |work=Brown Moses Blog |author=Brown Moses |author-link=Brown Moses |date=23 May 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref>

In June 2013, Tawhid Brigade sent over 300 fighters under the command of Saleh and the Aleppo Military Council's Obaidi to the [[Battle of al-Qusayr (2013)|Battle of al-Qusayr]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/184261--tawhid-brigade-in-aleppo-sends-support-units-to-al-qusayr|title=Tawhid Brigade in Aleppo sends support units to al-Qusayr Anadolu Agency|publisher=Aa.com.tr|access-date=2013-11-22}}</ref>

In August 2013, the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL), the [[al-Nusra Front]], [[Ahrar al-Sham]], the [[Suqour al-Sham Brigade]], and the al-Tawhid Brigade announced that they would besiege the [[YPG]]-held city of [[Kobanî]]. However, [[inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War|infighting]] between the groups erupted in January 2014 and some of them began to align with the YPG under the name of the [[Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front]]. In March 2014, ISIL captured [[Sarrin]] and several other towns and villages from the YPG and the EILF. Clashes continued through May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iswresearch.blogspot.com/2014/09/ypg-and-rebel-forces-challenge-isis-in.html |title=YPG and Rebel Forces Challenge ISIS in Northern Syria |work=Institute for the Study of War |author=Joseph Sax |date=19 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219180336/http://iswresearch.blogspot.com/2014/09/ypg-and-rebel-forces-challenge-isis-in.html |archive-date=19 February 2017 }}</ref>

On 22 September 2013, the Tawhid Brigade joined the [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]] coalition. The group was formed largely from the [[Syrian Islamic Front]] and the [[Syrian Islamic Liberation Front]], both of which were officially dissolved in the process.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/11/23/islamists-forge-syrias-rebel-alliance|title = Islamists forge Syria's rebel alliance|publisher = SBS World News}}</ref>

On 24 September 2013, the Tawhid Brigade co-signed a statement with 11 other rebel groups which called for [[Sharia]] law and, allying with [[al-Qaeda]], rejected the authority of the [[Syrian National Coalition]].<ref name=Roggio />

===Disintegration===
[[File:Tawhid Brigade and Conquest Brigade T-62.png|250px|left|thumb|A [[T-62]] [[main battle tank]] operated by the Tawhid Brigade in [[Tell Rifaat]], September 2013.]]
On 14 November 2013, a Syrian Air Force airstrike bombarded an army base held by the al-Tawhid brigade in Aleppo killing a commander by the name of Youssef al-Abbas also injuring two others including al-Tawhid's head commander [[Abdul Qader Saleh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-aleppo-idUSBRE9AE04320131115|title=Syrian air raid kills rebel commander in Aleppo: activists|date=15 November 2016|via=Reuters}}</ref> Saleh subsequently died of his wounds in a Turkish hospital.<ref>[http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson-reuters/131117/top-syrian-rebel-commander-dies-wounds Top Syrian rebel commander dies from wounds]</ref>

Following the death of Saleh, the Tawhid Brigade reportedly suffered serious internal divisions and lost considerable members in defections to other rebel factions. They also experienced a sharp reduction in military assistance from Gulf states, due to US pressure to support more moderate rebel groups.<ref name="cnn15Aug">{{Cite news|title=As ISIS closes in, is it game over for Syria's opposition in Aleppo?|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/15/opinion/syria-aleppo-isis-threat/|date=15 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="fp30july">{{Cite news|title=Too Big to Fall|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/07/30/too_big_to_fall_syria_aleppo_assad|date=30 July 2014|access-date=25 August 2014|publisher=Foreign Policy}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

On 10 September 2014, the Tawhid Brigade's eastern branch became a founding member group of the [[Euphrates Volcano]] operations room based in [[Kobanî]].<ref name=volcano/> By October 2014, al-Tawhid had seen many of its eastern Aleppo province affiliates becoming defunct but re-emerging as break-off groups, and its northern branch ''Free North Brigade'' being "superseded" by the [[Northern Sun Battalion]] ''(Shams al-Shamal)''.<ref name=Landis14Oct /> Some remnants of the Tawhid Brigade near [[Azaz]] allied itself with the [[People's Protection Units]] and received equipment and training from the [[CIA]] in late 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/turkey-kurdistan-iraq-syria-us-isis-pkk-global-legitimacy.html|title=Fight against IS helps PKK gain global legitimacy|work=Al-Monitor|author=Amberin Zaman|author-link=Amberin Zaman|date=16 September 2014|access-date=20 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627200305/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/turkey-kurdistan-iraq-syria-us-isis-pkk-global-legitimacy.html|archive-date=27 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Their fighters became a core part of the [[Levant Front]] as of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aI3yAmNGW1vLpJCOrhiVLqpUUIX9PG1RNsCqJGGfhxI/edit|title=Syrian Civil War factions}}</ref> However, in October 2016, 4 "battalions" of rebels in Aleppo using the flag of the Tawhid Brigade left the [[Levant Front]] and joined the [[Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user= Syria_Rebel_Obs|number= 787311170369847296|date= 15 October 2016|title= Liwa al-Tawhid (ONLY 4 battalions who defected from Jabhat ash-Shamiyah, retaking old brigade name) joining Nur ad-Din Zenki in #Aleppo.}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGIky5lrRMo The formation of the Tawhid Brigade on 18 July 2012]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/lewaaltawheed Youtube channel]

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