Alwiya al-Furqan

Criterion Brigades
Criterion Brigades
Alwiya al-Furqan
	Logo of Alwiya al-Furqan
Leaders	Muhammad Majid al-Khatib
Dates of operation	2012-2018
Active regions	Quneitra Governorate (formerly); Damascus Governorate (formerly); Daraa Governorate (formerly); Idlib Governorate; Aleppo Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Size	~2,000
Part of	Free Syrian Army (inconsistent); Tajammu Ansar al-Islam (formerly); Fatah Halab (formerly)
Allies	Jordan; Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; Ahrar al-Sham; Jaysh al-Islam; Islamic State (2013)
Opponents	Ba'athist Syria; Iran; Russia; Hezbollah; Islamic State (after 2013)
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war Quneitra Governorate clashes (2012–2014); Daraa Governorate clashes (2011–13); Siege of Eastern Ghouta; Daraa offensive (October 2014); 2015 Southern Syria offensive; Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015); Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015); Daraa offensive (March–April 2016); Daraa offensive (February–June 2017); Quneitra offensive (June 2017); 2018 Southern Syria offensive; Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019);

Alwiya al-Furqan (Arabic: ألوية الفرقان, Criterion Brigades) is an independent Islamist rebel group involved in the Syrian Civil War. It claimed to be the largest Islamist rebel faction that operated in the eastern Quneitra Governorate and Damascus. The group also held ties to Jordan which allowed fighters from the group to cross into the country to receive medical aid.