Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade

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Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade
Dates of operation2013 – present
CountryFlag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria
Active regions Latakia Governorate
Aleppo Governorate
Means of revenueFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Part of Syrian revolution flag.svg Free Syrian Army [1] Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syrian National Army
Allies Kurdish Front
OpponentsIslamic State flag.svg  Islamic State
Syrian Democratic Forces
Battles and wars

The Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade is a Syrian Turkmen militant organization involved in the Syrian civil war. It is named after sultan Mehmed II, the Ottoman ruler who conquered Constantinople.

History

It was founded in 2013 as a Syrian Turkmen militia in Latakia, funded by Turkey to overthrow Bashar al-Assad. [3]

It is reportedly responsible for the torture of a man trying to flee to Kurdish-held territory (Sheikh Maqsood, controlled by the People's Protection Units). In 2014, it cooperated with the local Kurdish Front against the Islamic State in the Aleppo Governorate. In 2015, it merged into the Sultan Murad Division, but they later split up again. [4] [ better source needed ]

After the fall of Assad (December 2024), it participated in the Manbij clashes and the Western Syria clashes against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Syrian Opposition Factions in the Syrian Civil War". bellingcat. 13 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade announces its separation from the Sultan Murad Division". Social Journalism Center. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Ozkan, Behlul (7 December 2016). "Turkey Ottoman foreing policy". The New York Times . Opinion. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Bulbajer (4 May 2025) [2015]. "Guide to the Factions of the Syrian Civil War". Syria in Brief. Retrieved 9 May 2025– via Google Docs.
  5. ↑ "Iran Update March 7, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
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