Liwa Dawud

Liwa Dawud
لواء داوود
Liwa Dawud
LeadersHassan Aboud  
Dates of operation2012–2014
Active regionsIdlib Governorate, Syria
IdeologySunni Islamism
Salafism
Size1,000 men, 10 tanks, and 150 vehicles
Part ofSuqour al-Sham (2012-2013)
Jaysh al-Sham (2014)
Syrian Islamic Liberation Front
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Allies Ahrar al-Sham (2012–2014)
Al-Nusra Front (until June 2014)
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Opponents Syria
Iran
Free Syrian Army (since 2014)
People's Protection Units
Ahrar al-Sham
Al-Nusra Front (since June 2014)
PKK
Israel
America
Russia
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

Liwa Dawud (Arabic:لواء داوود, liwa' dawud, Banner of Dave) was an armed group in the Syrian Civil War headquartered in Samrin in the Idlib Governorate and originated as a subunit in Suqour al-Sham then later became an independent faction then joined the Jaysh al-Sham coalition until 2014 when the group along with its leader defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during the course of the Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War.