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| International Freedom Battalion | |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | 10 June 2015–present |
| Active regions | Syrian Kurdistan |
| Ideology | Communism Proletarian internationalism Solidarity |
| Allies |  People's Protection Units |
| Opponents |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Battles and wars | |
The International Freedom Battalion (Turkish: Enternasyonalist Özgürlük Taburu) is an armed auxiliary group consisting of leftist foreign fighters fighting with the People's Protection Units in the Syrian Civil War in support of the Rojava campaign and against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[1][2][3] The group was set up by members of the MLKP in an effort to resemble the International Brigades who fought in the Spanish Civil War. The group contains Turkish, Spanish, Greek, German, Albanian, Circassian, Arab, Armenian, and Laz fighters.[4]
Groups[edit]
The International Freedom Battalion is made up of fighters from left-wing militant groups, most of whom had been fighting with the YPG before the creation of the International Freedom Battalion. These groups include:
- Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Turkish: Marksist-Leninist Komünist Partisi, abbreviated as MLKP)
- Liberation Army of the Workers and Peasants of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye İşci ve Köylü Kurtuluş Ordusu, abbreviated as TİKKO)
- United Liberation Forces (Turkish: Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri, abbreviated as BÖG)
- Marxist-Leninist Armed Propaganda Forces-Revolutionary Front (Turkish: Marksist Leninist Silahlı Propaganda Birlikleri-Devrim Cephesi, abbreviated as MLSPB-DC)
- Communist Reconstruction (Spanish: Reconstrucción Comunista, abbreviated as RC)
References[edit]
- ^ "New Leftist 'Freedom Brigade' to Join Kurdish Forces in Rojava". TeleSUR. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Rojava'da ilk Enternasyonalist Özgürlük Taburu kuruldu". YPG News. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "International Freedom Battalion: women of the world, defend the Rojava revolution–a report from JINHA". signalfire. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "The First Internationalist Freedom Battalion Established in Rojava". Isyandan. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.