Islamic Coalition (Syria)

rdf:langString Islamic Coalition (Syria)

rdf:langString Islamic coalition

rdf:langString September 2013 – January 2014

rdf:langString the Syrian Civil War

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rdf:langString التحالف الاسلامي

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rdf:langString Syrian Armed Forces

rdf:langString The coalition referred to as the Islamic coalition or Islamic alliance (Arabic: التحالف الاسلامي, 'al-tahaluf al-islami') was founded in September 2013 in Syria in the context of the Syrian Civil War. It was founded in opposition to the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (SNC), and initially included 13 Sunni Islamist groups, including the Tawhid Brigade, Islam Brigade, and Suqour al-Sham Brigade, three members of the Supreme Military Council, which was considered the SNC's military wing. The groups stressed that they remained supportive of Salim Idris' SMC - they were abandoning only the political coalition, saying it "does not represent us." Other members included al-Nusra Front, part of al-Qaeda, and Ahrar ash-Sham. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was not a member, but its joining was not ruled out. In its founding statement, titled "Communique No. 1," the group rejected the "interim prime minister" Ahmad Tu'mah, elected by the SNC 10 days earlier, and called for "an Islamic framework based on Sharia as the sole source of legislation." A spokesman for the Tawhid Brigade said that there is no common organization between the groups. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi also said that there was no formal coalition, and Nusra's participation merely amounted to one of its local representatives signing the joint statement in Aleppo. The founding of the coalition took place in the context of attempts to launch the Geneva II Middle East peace conference.