On 31 October 2014, amid fighting between
al-Nusra and the western-backed
Hazzm Movement and
Syrian Revolutionaries Front, Liwa al-Haqq along with 13 other rebel groups in
Idlib established a peace keeping force to mediate the conflict between al-Nusra and the western backed groups, among the peace keeping factions included
Ahrar al-Sham,
Jaysh al-Islam,
Suqour al-Sham and the
Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement. In May 2015, Liwa al-Haqq was part of a joint rebel offensive alongside the
al-Nusra Front,
Ajnad al-Kavkaz,
Jund al-Aqsa, and
Faylaq al-Sham against the Syrian government in northwestern Syria, that eventually led to the rebel takeover of much of the
Idlib Governorate, including the governorate's capital
Idlib. In September 2015, In response to reports of Russian intervention, Liwa al-Haqq commander Abu Abdullah Taftanaz posted a tweet addressing "infidel Russians", and threatening to "slaughter you like pigs." In October 2015, a Russian
air raid targeted a Liwa al-Haqq base in the
Raqqa Governorate using
KAB-500KR precision-guided bombs, reportedly killing two senior
IS commanders and up to 200 militants. In November 2015, Liwa al-Haqq and al-Nusra both released photos of an American made
Humvee captured from an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militia in southern Aleppo, that was believed to be
Kataib Hezbollah. In early May 2016, Liwa al-Haqq took part in a campaign part of the
Army of Conquest coalition in southern Aleppo, during the offensive al-Nusra deployed
SVBIEDs targeting Shiite militia fighters in the area, and Jund al-Aqsa carried out separate attacks in coordination with al-Nusra and the
Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria during the offensive. On 28 January 2017, Liwa al-Haqq, alongside the
Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement,
Jabhat Ansar al-Din,
Jaysh al-Sunna and
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was formerly al-Nusra until disengaging from al-Qaeda and rebranding in 2016, together merged to form
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. In June 2018,
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrested several members of
IS-linked cells in eastern
Idlib, including cells affiliated
Liwa Dawud which pledged allegiance to IS in 2014 and members of Liwa al-Haqq. ==See also==