Syrian Islamic Liberation Front
| Syrian Islamic Liberation Front جبهة تحرير سوريا الإسلامية Jabha Tahrir Suriya al Islamiyyah | |
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Official logo of the SILF | |
| Leaders | Ahmed Eissa al-Sheikh (Suqour al-Sham) Zahran Alloush (spokesperson) (WIA) (Liwa al-Islam) |
| Dates of operation | September 2012 – 25 November 2013 |
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| Headquarters | Sarjeh, Idlib Governorate |
| Active regions | Syria |
| Ideology | Sunni Islamism
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| Size | 35,000–40,000 (own claim) (June 2013) |
| Part of | Free Syrian Army |
| Allies | Saudi Arabia Kuwait Turkey Qatar Syrian Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front (formerly) |
| Opponents | Syrian Arab Armed Forces National Defense Forces Hezbollah Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps People's Protection Units (YPG) Jabhat Ghuraba al-Sham |
| Battles and wars | Syrian civil war |
The Syrian Islamic Liberation Front (SILF; Arabic: جبهة تحرير سوريا الإسلامية, "Jabhat Tahrīr Sūriya al-Islāmiyyah") was a coalition of Syrian Islamist rebel groups nominally under the command of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army that fought against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War. At the end of 2012, it was one of the strongest rebel coalitions in Syria, representing up to half of the rebel forces.
In late November 2013, Suqour al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam, and the Al-Tawhid Brigade, the largest and most influential members of the Front, announced that they were joining the Islamic Front, greatly weakening SILF. On 25 November 2013, a statement appeared on the Front's website announcing that it was ceasing all operations. The Syrian Islamic Liberation Front was thought to be more moderate than the Ahrar al-Sham-led Syrian Islamic Front, and also closer Arab Gulf States than the Syrian Islamic Front which was closer to Turkey and Qatar.