Idlib Revolutionaries Brigade
The Idlib Revolutionaries Brigade is an active armed Syrian group part of the Syrian Democratic Forces and associates itself with the Free Syrian Army, the group is mainly composed of individuals from the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria and opposes Turkey and its presence in Syria, as well as many of the groups it backs most of which are based or also operate in Idlib. Background The group was formed by 500 fighters a majority of whom are natives of Idlib from the Ahrar al-Zawiya Brigade in June 2018, and is affiliated with another SDF Arab faction, the Army of Revolutionaries which also uses Free Syrian Army imagery, to operate in Idlib on behalf of the Syrian Democratic Forces, while the group itself is headquartered in SDF-held Manbij in northeastern Aleppo. After the foundation of the group, the Syrian Democratic Forces released a statement saying the group was established to fight terrorists in Idlib and surrounding areas. The group's spokesman Mahmoud Khaled stated that the group opposes reconciliation with the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad saying that the government does not work in the favor of Syria, but rather for the interests of Russia and Iranian-backed Shiite militias. Khaled