Liwa Umana al-Raqqa
{{short description|Syrian rebel group}}
{{infobox war faction
| name = Liwa Umana al-Raqqa
| native_name = لواء أمناء الرقة
| native_name_lang = Ar
| war = the Syrian Civil War
| image = 200px
| caption = Logo of Liwa Umana al-Raqqa
| active = February 20, 2013–unknown
| clans =
| headquarters =
| size =
| partof = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Ahrar ash-Sham.svg}} Ahrar al-Sham (2013){{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-syria-some-brace-for-the-next-war/2013/04/09/284fa018-a11d-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html|title=In Syria, some brace for the next war|first=Liz|last=Sly|date=April 10, 2013|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.joshualandis.com/blog/the-raqqa-story-rebel-structure-planning-and-possible-war-crimes/|title=The Raqqa Story: Rebel Structure, Planning, and Possible War Crimes|date=April 4, 2013}}
{{flagdeco|Syrian Opposition}}25px Euphrates Volcano (Denied by the group){{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/syrian-kurds-ally-with-rebel-groups-to-fight-the-islamic-state/|title=Syrian Kurds Ally With Rebel Groups To Fight The Islamic State|website=Vice.com}}
{{Flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg|borner=no}} Syrian Democratic Forces
| leaders =
| allies = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Al-Nusra Front.svg}} Jabhat al-Nusra{{cite news |title=In Syria, some brace for the next war |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-syria-some-brace-for-the-next-war/2013/04/09/284fa018-a11d-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html |accessdate=12 July 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}
{{flagdeco|ISIL}} Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Until 2014)
{{flagdeco|Syrian Opposition}} Free Syrian Army
Jihad in the Path of God Brigade
22px People's Protection Units
| split_from =
| opponents = {{flag|Syria|1980}}
{{flagdeco|ISIL}} Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
| battles = Syrian Civil War
- Raqqa campaign (2012–13)
- Battle of Raqqa (2013)
- Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
- Rojava–Islamist conflict
}}
Liwa Umana al-Raqqa, also known as the "Brigade of the Trustees of Raqqa" was an armed Syrian rebel group participating in the Syrian Civil War established in 2013 in the Raqqa Governorate as a subunit of Ahrar al-Sham.
History
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The group was established on 20 February 2013 by Ahrar al-Sham with local fighters from Raqqa to help keep a local image and legitimize the rebel offensive with locals in the Raqqa governorate against the Syrian government, which composed of many outsiders from the region, prior to the battle to take the city from the government and its allies. The group was also established with the purpose to act as Ahrar al-Sham's law enforcement in the city, and to help implement Islamic law and to administer areas taken from the government.
On 5 March 2013, the group assumed responsibility for Raqqa, and helped in forming ties between other allied armed factions and the locals of the city.
On 19 April 2013, Liwa Umana al-Raqqa published a video of the group distributing food and aid to locals.https://web.archive.org/watch?v=zFdt8_qjf-M
During the group's presence in Raqqa they enforced Sharia and cooperated with Sharia courts in Raqqa and brought offenders to these courts to be penalized and prosecuted. One offender was reportedly beaten by members on the group on order from a Sharia court the group was working with.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mesop.de/syria-the-structure-and-relationships-of-rebel-groups-operating-in-al-raqqa/|title=Mesopotamische Gesellschaft « SYRIA : The Structure & Relationships of Rebel Groups Operating in al-Raqqa|website=www.mesop.de}}
The group's commander detailed that the group worked closely with Jabhat al-Nusra and held an alliance with them.
The group later came into conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant along with other rebel groups based in Raqqa, including the Jihad in the Path of God Brigade, and Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa, eventually coming together in an alliance with the armed branch of the Kurdish PYD party, the People's Protection Units (YPG). The group however denied it had joined the rebel-YPG alliance known as the Euphrates Volcano.
The group went on to join Jaysh al-Salam alongside the Jihad in the Path of God brigade, which later joined the successor to the Euphrates Volcano operation room, the Syrian Democratic Forces.