19th Division (Syrian rebel group)

19th Division
الفرقة 19
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Active June 2013 – present[1]
Ideology Sunni Islamism[2]
Leaders Lt. Col. Mohammad Abdel Qader Bakkour[1]
Area of operations Aleppo Governorate[3]
Part of
Opponents Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[3]
Battles and wars Syrian Civil War

The 19th Division (Arabic: الفرقة 19) is a Syrian rebel group fighting in the Syrian Civil War. The group was created in June 2013, in the western countryside of Aleppo as a part of a foreign funded project to unify pro-FSA local factions into bigger factions.[1]

History

The formation was announced on 20 June 2013. On 25 September 2013, the 19th Division signed a statement, along with 12 other Syrian rebel groups, in which it rejected any foreign-based opposition group, including the Syrian National Council.[2]

On 3 June 2014, the Army of Mujahideen announced the expulsion of 19th Division's Ansar Brigade and its leader, Abu Bakr, accusing them of theft and kidnapping.[4]

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