Liwa al-Quds

Liwa al-Quds
Liwa al-Quds
لواء القدس
Active	September 2013 – December 2024
Country	Ba'athist Syria
Allegiance	Syrian Armed Forces
Branch	Syrian Army
Type	Paramilitary; Commando
Role	Shock troops; Close-quarters combat; Counter-insurgency; Counter-terrorism
Size	c. 5,000-7,000 (2022)
Part of	5th Assault Corps
Garrison/HQ	Aleppo, Daraa
Nickname(s)	"Syria Arab Army Fedayeen"
Engagements	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016); Operation Canopus Star; Operation Rainbow; Aleppo offensive (July 2015); Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February 2016–present); Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015); 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign; Northern Aleppo offensive (2016); Aleppo offensive (June–July 2016); Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016); Aleppo offensive (August–September 2016); Aleppo offensive (September–October 2016); Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016); Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016); Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017); Southern Raqqa offensive (June 2017); Central Syria campaign (2017); Rif Dimashq offensive (February-April 2018); 2019 Northwestern Syria Offensive; Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present); 2024 Syrian opposition offensives; ;
Commanders
Current Commander	Col. Muhammad al-Sa'eed (a.k.a. "The Engineer")
Notable; commanders	Col. Mohammad Rafi †

Liwa al-Quds (Arabic: لواء القدس; meaning the Jerusalem Brigade) is a predominantly Syrian Palestinian paramilitary group and Syrian Army brigade that operated as a part of pro-Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War. In 2019, it became a part of the Syrian Army's 5th Assault Corps. It was formed in 2013 by the engineer Muhammad al-Sa'eed. The fighters who called themselves the "Syrian Arab Army Fedayeen" were active in Aleppo and Daraa. The paramilitary was composed of Palestinian refugees from the Neirab camp and Ein Al-Tal camp as well as reconciled rebels.