International Freedom Battalion#Henri Krasucki Brigade

The International Freedom Battalion was formed by left-wing armed groups (as well as individuals not part of any other groups), most of whom had been fighting with the YPG before the creation of the IFB. These groups include:

{{main|United Freedom Forces}}

The United Freedom Forces ({{langx|tr|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri}}, or BÖG), inspired by the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War, were founded in December 2014 in the town of Kobanî as an organization of foreign leftist fighters of both revolutionary socialist and anarchist convictions. While the MLKP didn't join,{{cite web|url=http://ozgur-gundem.com/haber/122959/enternasyonal-cepheye-cagri|title=Enternasyonal cepheye çağrı|date=8 December 2014|work=Özgür Gündem|language=tr|access-date=1 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019083743/http://ozgur-gundem.com/haber/122959/enternasyonal-cepheye-cagri|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=dead}} these groups would eventually unite in the International Freedom Battalion. BÖG also has a female branch named "Women's Freedom Forces" (Kadın Özgürlük Gücü in Turkish).{{cite web|url=http://tr.hawarnews.com/kadin-ozgurluk-gucu-kuruldu|title=Kadın Özgürlük Gücü kuruldu|date=14 August 2015|work=Hawar Haber Ajansı|language=tr|access-date=15 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502220016/http://tr.hawarnews.com/kadin-ozgurluk-gucu-kuruldu/|archive-date=2 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} BÖG is considered to be the largest group within the International Freedom Battalion.{{sfnp|The Carter Center|2017|p=2}} BOG contains several factions, see Member groups

{{main|Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Turkey)}}

The Marxist–Leninist Communist Party ({{langx|tr|Marksist-Leninist Komünist Partisi}}, abbreviated as MLKP) is an underground Hoxhaist communist party from Turkey. MLKP fighters had reportedly been sent to Syria to fight with the People's Defense Units since 2012. MLKP fighters also joined the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) December 2014 Sinjar offensive in Northern Iraq in defence of the Yezidi minority in Sinjar.{{cite web|url=http://www.kurdishinfo.com/mlkp-fighters-also-sinjar|title=MLKP fighters also in Sinjar|date=23 August 2014|work=Kurdish info|access-date=1 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093331/http://www.kurdishinfo.com/mlkp-fighters-also-sinjar|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In March 2015 a 19-year-old German woman, Ivana Hoffmann, was killed whilst fighting the Islamic State (IS) during the Eastern al-Hasakah offensive, making her the third foreign fighter, as well as the first female foreign fighter, to die while fighting alongside the YPG.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/german-woman-fighting-isil-killed-syria-150309153835870.html|title=German woman fighting ISIL killed in Syria|date=9 March 2015|work=Al Jazeera|access-date=1 October 2015|archive-date=1 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001141058/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/german-woman-fighting-isil-killed-syria-150309153835870.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31893356|title=Funeral for German woman Ivana Hoffmann killed fighting IS|date=15 March 2015|work=BBC News Online|access-date=7 September 2016|archive-date=24 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124171431/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31893356|url-status=live}} MLKP's female organisation, Komünist Kadın Örgütü, has also been involved in fighting.{{cite web|url=http://www.etha.com.tr/Haber/2015/06/01/dunya/mlkp-rojavakko-halkimizin-acilari-acimizdir|title=MLKP Rojava/KKÖ: Halkımızın acıları acımızdır|date=1 June 2015|work=Etkin Haber Ajansı|language=tr|access-date=1 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009233419/http://www.etha.com.tr/Haber/2015/06/01/dunya/mlkp-rojavakko-halkimizin-acilari-acimizdir/|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} MLKP was heavily involved in forming the International Freedom Battalion.

{{main|Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist}}

The Liberation Army of the Workers and Peasants of Turkey ({{langx|tr|Türkiye İşci ve Köylü Kurtuluş Ordusu}}, abbreviated as TİKKO) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist ({{langx|tr|Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist}}, abbreviated as TKP/ML), a Maoist insurgent organisation in Turkey. On 25 March 2016, the TKP/ML TİKKO headquarters in Serêkaniyê were targeted by a motorcycle bomb, causing slight injuries to two members and damage to the headquarters. Two suspects were detained by the Asayiş.{{cite web|url=http://www.signalfire.org/2016/03/28/islamic-state-bomb-attack-against-serekaniye-hq-of-tkpml-tikko/|title=Islamic State bomb attack against Serêkaniyê HQ of TKP/ML-TIKKO|date=28 March 2016|work=Signalfire|access-date=28 March 2016|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829093909/http://www.signalfire.org/2016/03/28/islamic-state-bomb-attack-against-serekaniye-hq-of-tkpml-tikko/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://tr.hawarnews.com/tkp-ml-tikkoya-yonelik-bombali-saldiri/|title=TKP-ML TİKKO'ya yönelik bombalı saldırı|date=26 March 2016|work=Hawar Haber Ajansı|language=tr|access-date=7 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914121450/http://tr.hawarnews.com/tkp-ml-tikkoya-yonelik-bombali-saldiri/|archive-date=14 September 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{sfnp|The Carter Center|2017|pp=2, 3}}

{{main|Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist}}

The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist ({{langx|tr|Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist}}, abbreviated as TKEP/L) is an illegal Marxist–Leninist party in Turkey.{{cite web|url=http://tr.hawarnews.com/tkep-l-rojavada-merkez-acti/|title=TKEP-L Rojava'da merkez açtı|date=22 January 2016|work=Hawar Haber Ajansı|language=tr|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009192658/http://tr.hawarnews.com/tkep-l-rojavada-merkez-acti/|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=dead}}

Social Insurrection was founded in 2013 in Turkey by a group of green anarchists in Tuzluçayır.{{sfnp|The Carter Center|2017|p=2}}Anarquistas en Rojava http://325.nostate.net/tag/sosyal-isyan-social-rebellion/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163842/http://325.nostate.net/tag/sosyal-isyan-social-rebellion/ |date=12 June 2018 }} Consultado el 22 de julio de 2016Anarquistas ecologistas en Rojava (texto en turco) http://sosyalsavas.org/2015/02/rojava-ve-kobanedeki-yeniden-insaa-surecinde-anarsist-ve-ekolojist-gerillalar/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814140718/http://sosyalsavas.org/2015/02/rojava-ve-kobanedeki-yeniden-insaa-surecinde-anarsist-ve-ekolojist-gerillalar/ |date=14 August 2017 }} Consultado el 22 de julio de 2016

{{main|Marxist–Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction)}}

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Communist Reconstruction ({{langx|es|link=no|Reconstrucción Comunista}}, abbreviated as RC) is a Marxist–Leninist group from Spain. The group carries a variant of the Flag of the Second Spanish Republic. RC has strong ties to the MLKP and members fight as part of MLKP formations, even fighting in Sinjar. Two members of the group were arrested by police after their return to Spain and were accused of participating in an armed conflict outside of Spain without authorization from the state, as well as putting national interests at risk and joining groups fighting against ISIL that are considered terrorist organizations by international organizations.{{cite web|url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/07/07/inenglish/1436256819_819192.html|title=Two Spaniards arrested on return from fighting ISIS in Syria|last=Rodríguez|first=Jorge A.|translator-last=Hunter|translator-first=Simon|date=7 July 2015|work=El País|access-date=1 October 2015|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125164458/http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/07/07/inenglish/1436256819_819192.html|url-status=live}} In January 2016, eight Spanish citizens and one Turkish citizen were arrested in Spain.{{cite web|url=http://rudaw.net/english/world/27012016|title=Spanish police arrest 9 for suspected PKK links|date=27 January 2016|work=Rudaw|access-date=30 January 2016|archive-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128100013/http://rudaw.net/english/world/27012016|url-status=live}} The Spanish Interior Ministry said in a statement that "The detained, in collaboration with other individuals residing in various European countries, were providing the necessary infrastructure for displaced people to travel abroad and to finally integrate in the ranks of the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) or one of the armed wings of the organization" and that the majority of the arrested belong to the group 'Communist Reconstruction'.{{cite web|url=https://www.thespainreport.com/articles/599-160127162614-police-arrest-eight-spaniards-and-one-turk-for-recruiting-fighters-for-pkk-kck|title=Police Arrest Eight Spaniards And One Turk For Recruiting Fighters For PKK-KCK|date=27 January 2016|work=The Spain Report|access-date=30 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009233840/https://www.thespainreport.com/articles/599-160127162614-police-arrest-eight-spaniards-and-one-turk-for-recruiting-fighters-for-pkk-kck|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=dead}} According to 'Communist Reconstruction' leader and founder, Roberto Vaquero, the group remains absent of the Rojava conflict. https://robertovaquero.es/sobre-mi

{{main|Revolutionary Union for Internationalist Solidarity}}

The Revolutionary Union for Internationalist Solidarity ({{langx|el|Επαναστατικός Σύνδεσμος Διεθνιστικής Αλληλεγγύης}}, abbreviated as ΕΣΔΑ) is an armed fighter group from Greece.{{Cite book|last=ERGÜL|first=Mehmet Furkan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oOv4DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Revolutionary+Union+for+Internationalist+Solidarity%22+anarchist&pg=PA57|title=Classifying Foreign Fighters: The Case of YPG|publisher=Adalet|isbn=978-625-7802-12-3|language=en|access-date=28 November 2020|archive-date=30 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130054743/https://books.google.com/books?id=oOv4DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Revolutionary+Union+for+Internationalist+Solidarity%22+anarchist&pg=PA57|url-status=live}}{{sfnp|The Carter Center|2017|p=3}} They have fought in Syria since 2015.

Their appearance has alarmed Greek security and intelligence officials alleging that "warriors will be trained in guerilla warfare and then will be able to apply what they have learned in their homeland".{{cite web|title=Greek anarchists vow to implement warfare methods they learned from PYD terrorists in Syria|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/05/29/greek-anarchists-vow-to-implement-warfare-methods-they-learned-from-pyd-terrorists-in-syria|website=Daily Sabah|access-date=30 June 2017|location=Istanbul|date=29 May 2017|archive-date=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423141431/https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/05/29/greek-anarchists-vow-to-implement-warfare-methods-they-learned-from-pyd-terrorists-in-syria|url-status=live}}

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The Bob Crow Brigade (abbreviated as BCB) is a group of fighters from the United Kingdom and Ireland{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bob-crow-brigade-30-miles-stronghold-raqqa-syria-2141320914|title=Bob Crow brigade '30 miles' from IS-stronghold of Raqqa in Syria|last=MacDonald|first=Alex|date=16 August 2016|work=Middle East Eye|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819203435/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bob-crow-brigade-30-miles-stronghold-raqqa-syria-2141320914|url-status=live}} named after Bob Crow, an English trade union leader and self-described "communist/socialist", who had died of a heart attack in March 2014. The group expressed solidarity with striking rail workers in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/foreign-anti-fighters-northern-syria-form-group-named-after-uk-trade-unionist-1520200104|title='Bob Crow Brigade' in Syria solidarity with striking London Tube workers|last=MacDonald|first=Alex|date=10 August 2016|work=Middle East Eye|access-date=10 August 2016|archive-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810171839/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/foreign-anti-fighters-northern-syria-form-group-named-after-uk-trade-unionist-1520200104|url-status=live}} Steve Hedley, senior assistant general secretary of the RMT, said: "Bob would have been honoured that young people from Britain would fight the forces of evil in his name. A great admirer of the international brigades that fought in Spain, Crow would of course have drawn the parallels with the new international brigades fighting clerical fascism and defending Yazidi, Muslim and Christian workers from slavery and persecution."{{cite news|url=https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-3be2-Rojava-international-brigaders-honour-the-legendary-Bob-Crow|title=Rojava International Brigaders Honour The Legendary Bob Crow|last=Pullman|first=Beth|date=16 August 2016|work=Morning Star|publisher=People's Press Printing Society|access-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828134848/https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-3be2-Rojava-international-brigaders-honour-the-legendary-Bob-Crow|archive-date=28 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

After Turkey and its allied rebel groups invaded parts of northern Syria and clashed with the Syrian Democratic Forces, Turkish officials stated that they will treat British and other foreign volunteers fighting alongside the YPG as terrorists.{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-british-ypg-terrorist-syria-874419624|title=British volunteers in Syrian Kurd forces are 'terrorists', Turkey says|last1=Sharma|first1=Suraj|last2=MacDonald|first2=Alex|date=1 September 2016|work=Middle East Eye|access-date=7 September 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220123907/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-british-ypg-terrorist-syria-874419624|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/01/turkey-warns-we-will-treat-britons-fighting-with-kurds-as-terror/|title=Turkey warns: we will treat Britons fighting with Kurds as terrorists|last=Ensor|first=Josie|date=1 September 2016|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2 September 2016|archive-date=1 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901180151/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/01/turkey-warns-we-will-treat-britons-fighting-with-kurds-as-terror/|url-status=live}} On 2 September, the Bob Crow Brigade relocated from the Raqqa front to Manbij and stated "When we came to defend the revolution we meant from all enemies, big or small".{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-ypg-volunteers-head-manbij-face-turkish-forces-1840728706|title=British YPG fighters 'head to Manbij to face Turkish forces'|last=Baker|first=Graeme|date=2 September 2016|work=Middle East Eye|access-date=2 September 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220123918/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-ypg-volunteers-head-manbij-face-turkish-forces-1840728706|url-status=live}} On 7 September 2016, the Bob Crow Brigade sent a message of solidarity to the women of Ireland fighting to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland on the 33rd anniversary of its approval by referendum, as well as striking Irish bus workers the following day.{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/ni-saoirse-go-saoirse-na-mban-there-is-no-freedom-until-the-freedom-of-women-753554.html|title=Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan: There is no freedom until the freedom of women|last=Anderson|first=Claire|date=7 September 2016|work=BreakingNews.ie|publisher=Landmark Digital Ltd|access-date=8 September 2016|archive-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909005408/http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/ni-saoirse-go-saoirse-na-mban-there-is-no-freedom-until-the-freedom-of-women-753554.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://nos.ie/gniomhaiochas/polaitiocht/comharthai-gaeilge-a-n-ardu-ag-trodaithe-sa-chordastain/|title=Comharthaí Gaeilge á n-ardú ag trodaithe sa Chordastáin|last=Ó Conghaile|first=Tomaí|date=8 September 2016|work=Nós|publisher=Rua Media|language=Irish|access-date=8 September 2016|archive-date=12 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912151236/http://nos.ie/gniomhaiochas/polaitiocht/comharthai-gaeilge-a-n-ardu-ag-trodaithe-sa-chordastain|url-status=live}}

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The Henri Krasucki Brigade ({{langx|fr|link=no|Brigade Henri Krasucki}}) is a group of fighters from France. Inspired by their English-speaking counterparts of the Bob Crow Brigade, they named themselves after the French trade-unionist Henri Krasucki.{{sfnp|The Carter Center|2017|p=3}} The group expressed solidarity with the CGT union and the Air France workers on trial for the "shirt-ripping case" over an incident on 5 October 2015, which arose from a dispute over the aviation giant's plans to cut 2,900 jobs.{{cite web|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Syrie-le-soutien-de-la-brigade-Henri-Krasucki-aux-salaries-d-Air-France-1077370|title=Syrie: le soutien de la brigade Henri Krasucki aux salariés d'Air France|last=Sekkai|first=Kahina|date=28 September 2016|work=Paris Match|publisher=Lagardère Digital France|language=fr|access-date=28 September 2016|archive-date=29 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929141729/http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Syrie-le-soutien-de-la-brigade-Henri-Krasucki-aux-salaries-d-Air-France-1077370|url-status=live}}

{{main|International Revolutionary People's Guerrilla Forces}}

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The International Revolutionary People's Guerrilla Forces (abbreviated as IRPGF) was a militant, armed, self-organized, and horizontal collective of foreign anarchist fighters from around the world. The formation of the IRPGF was announced on 31 March 2017 in a video and text release to several revolutionary websites and media organizations.{{cite web|title=Greek Anarchists Are Helping Kurdish Forces Fight ISIS|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/gypbv4/greek-anarchists-are-helping-kurdish-forces-fight-isis|website=Vice|date=2 June 2017 |access-date=30 June 2017|language=en-uk|archive-date=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804013318/https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/gypbv4/greek-anarchists-are-helping-kurdish-forces-fight-isis|url-status=live}} According to the declaration of the group, their goals are to defend the social revolution in Rojava and spread anarchism.

They are a member organization and part of the management team of the International Freedom Battalion since April 2017, this was announced by the IFB on 17 May on their Facebook page. Their public formation and solidarity campaigns have garnered interest and support from around the world as well as backlash.{{cite web|title=Siria, quei ragazzi venuti da mezzo mondo a combattere l'Isis|url=http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2017/06/02/news/siria_international_freedom_battalion-167037636/|website=la Repubblica|access-date=30 June 2017|language=it|date=2 June 2017|archive-date=22 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622091049/http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2017/06/02/news/siria_international_freedom_battalion-167037636/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=В Рожаве создана новая организация партизан-анархистов {{!}} Новости Курдистана|url=http://kurdistan.today/v-rozhave-sozdana-novaya-organizaciya-partizan-anarxistov/|website=kurdistan.today|access-date=30 June 2017|language=ru-RU|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803160922/http://kurdistan.today/v-rozhave-sozdana-novaya-organizaciya-partizan-anarxistov/|url-status=live}} On 24 July, the group established an LGBT unit, the TQILA.{{cite magazine|last1=Moore|first1=Jack|title=FIRST LGBT UNIT CREATED TO FIGHT ISIS IN SYRIA. ITS NAME? THE QUEER INSURRECTION|url=http://www.newsweek.com/first-lgbt-unit-created-fight-isis-syria-its-name-queer-insurrection-641148|access-date=25 July 2017|magazine=Newsweek|date=25 July 2017|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602113823/https://www.newsweek.com/first-lgbt-unit-created-fight-isis-syria-its-name-queer-insurrection-641148|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Kentish|first1=Ben|title='The Queer Insurrection': Coalition forces fighting Isis in Syria form first LGBT unit|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/queer-insurrection-isis-lgbt-unit-gay-islamic-state-fight-forces-coalition-syria-middle-east-a7858651.html|access-date=25 July 2017|newspaper=The Independent|date=25 July 2017|archive-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623020724/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/queer-insurrection-isis-lgbt-unit-gay-islamic-state-fight-forces-coalition-syria-middle-east-a7858651.html|url-status=live}} On September 24, 2018, the group announced its dissolution in a final communique.{{Cite web|title=Final communique from IRPGF|url=https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/international-revolutionary-people-s-guerrilla-forces-final-communique-from-irpgf|website=The Anarchist Library|language=en|access-date=2020-05-17|archive-date=18 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518003100/https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/international-revolutionary-people-s-guerrilla-forces-final-communique-from-irpgf|url-status=live}}

{{main|The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army}}

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The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army (abbreviated as TQILA){{refn|group="note"|Pronounced like the word tequila.}} was a unit of the IFB announced on 24 July 2017, by members of the IRPGF from Raqqa City and disbanded on 24 September 2018.

The group launched a statement explaining the purposes of its formation in which the response to persecution of LGBT persons by ISIL is highlighted as one of the main motivations of the group.

They were part of the International Revolutionary People's Guerrilla Forces and International Freedom Battalion.

The Michael Israel Brigade formed in early 2018 at the time of the Battle of Afrin as an international volunteer unit.{{cite web|first=Matteo|last=Puxton|url=http://www.francesoir.fr/en-coop-matteo-puxton/syrie-brigade-michael-israel-des-volontaires-antifasciste-contre-armee-turque|title=Syrie - Brigade Michael Israel: des volontaires antifascistes contre l'armée turque|work=France-Soir|date=16 May 2018|access-date=24 May 2021}} It adopted its name in homage to an American fighter of the International Freedom Battalion, Michael Israel, also known as Robin Agiri, killed by a Turkish bombardment northeast of al-Bab on November 24, 2016, during Operation Euphrates Shield. In its first press release, published on February 13, 2018, the brigade presented itself as a "group of communists, socialists, anarchists and anti-fascists, from all four corners of the world, [...] united in Rojava by the principles of solidarity, internationalism and anti-fascism". The group is made up of far-left foreign volunteers, mainly Turks and Westerners.

The brigade announced that it was going to the front in Afrin on February 19, 2018. However, the Syrian Democratic Forces were severely affected by the artillery and air strikes of the Turkish Army. The Michael Israel Brigade announced its withdrawal from Afrin on March 22, 2018, it recognized the death of at least one of its fighters - a Turkish volunteer named Şevger Ara Makhno, killed on March 8 by an airstrike in the village of Berbêné - as well as several wounded. Some fighters were then sent to eastern Syria to take part in the offensive.

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• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} United Freedom Forces
• {{flagicon image|Kadın Özgürlük Gücü (Women's Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} Women's Freedom Forces
• {{flagicon image|DKP Flag.svg}} Revolutionary Communard Party
• {{flagicon image|Flag of MLSPB-Devrim Cephesi.svg}} MLSPB-DC
• {{flagicon image|SPB-Betül Altindal.svg}} Betül Altindal Taburu
• {{flagicon image|SPB-Serpil Polat.svg}} Serpil Polat Taburu
• {{flagicon image|Sosyal Isyan banner1.svg}} Social Insurrection
• {{flagicon image|Flag of Devrimci Cephe.svg}} Devrimci Cephe
• {{flagicon image|Flag of Devrimci Karargâh.svg}} Devrimci Karargâh
• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Revolutionary Party of Turkey.svg}} Revolution Party of Turkey
• {{flagicon image|Emek ve Özgürlük Cephesi's Flag.svg}} Emek ve Özgürlük Cephesi
• {{flagicon image|Flag of Halkın Devrimci Güçleri.svg}} Halkın Devrimci Güçleri
• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} PDKÖ
• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} Aziz GÜLER Özgürlük Gücü Milis Örgütü
• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} Kader Ortakaya Timi
• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} Kızılbaş Timi
• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} Mahir Arpaçay Devrimci Savaş Okulu
• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} Necdet Adalı Müfrezesi
• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} Spartaküs Timi
• {{flagicon image|Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) flag.svg}} Şehit Bedreddin Taburu
• {{flagicon image|MLKP Banner.svg}} MLKP
• {{flagicon image|MLKP-KKÖ Flag.svg}} MLKP/KKÖ
• {{flagicon image|Flag of Communist Party of Turkey-Marxist–Leninist.svg}} TKP/ML TİKKO
• {{flagicon image|MKP-FLAG.svg}} MKP
• {{flagicon image|Reconstrucción Comunista RC flag.svg}} Reconstrucción Comunista
• {{flagicon image|TKEP-L Flag.svg}} TKEP/L
• {{flagicon image|RUIS Flag.svg}} RUIS
• {{flagicon image|Bob Crow Brigade flag.svg}} Bob Crow Brigade
• {{flagicon image|Rojava anarchists flag.svg}} Henri Krasucki Brigade
• {{flagicon image|IRPGF Flag.svg}} IRPGF
• {{flagicon image|TQILA Flag.svg}} TQILA
• {{flagicon image|Tekosina Anarsist Flag.svg}} Tekoşîna Anarşîst (Anarchist Struggle)

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Fighters of the International Freedom Battalion.jpg|Members of International Freedom Battalion.

IFB members at Destan Temmuz burial in Kobanê.jpg|IFB members in the ceremony and burial of Ayşe Deniz Karacagil of MLKP in Kobanê.

Ni Una Menos from Raqqa.png|Women of IFB in solidarity with Ni una menos.

IFB group photo.jpg|Members of International Freedom Battalion.

Palestine Solidarity - IFB.jpg|IFB members in solidarity with PFLP.

IFB Antifa Manchester.png|Some members of the Bob Crow Brigade.

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• {{cite magazine

| last = Harp

| first = Seth

| date = 23 February 2017

| title = The Anarchists vs. ISIS

| url = https://www.docdroid.net/tOFCRH3/rolling-stone-usa-february-23-2017.pdf.html

| magazine = Rolling Stone

| location = New York City

| publisher = Wenner Media LLC

| pages = 42–49

}}

• {{cite report

| date = 27 February 2017

| title = Foreign Volunteers for the Syrian Kurdish Forces

| url = https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/peace/conflict_resolution/syria-conflict/foreign-volunteers-for-syrian-kurdish-forces-2017.02.23.pdf

| location = Atlanta

| publisher = Carter Center

| ref = {{harvid|The Carter Center|2017}}

}}

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