Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations
Lions of the Caliphate
Designated as terrorist (as part of the Islamic State) by: Australia, Canada, European Union, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States
Base of operations: Syria, Iraq
Background: Aymenn al-Tamimi
The Lions of the Caliphate battalion was a foreign fighter group based in Latakia and led by an Egyptian, Abu Muadh al-Masri. In November 2013, there was a formal pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
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Lions of the Caliphate Emblem |
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