International Freedom Battalion

International Freedom Battalion
International Freedom Battalion
Tabûra Azadî ya Înternasyonal
Dates of operation	10 June 2015 – present
Group(s)	See groups
Active regions	Rojava, Syria
Ideology	Revolutionary socialism; Proletarian internationalism; Anti-fascism; Factions:; Anarchism; Marxism–Leninism; Maoism; Hoxhaism
Political position	Far-left
Status	Active
Allies	Syrian Democratic Forces People's Defense Units; Women's Protection Units; YPG International; Antifascist Forces in Afrin; TKP-Kıvılcım; Kurdistan Workers' Party People's Defence Forces; Free Women's Units; ; ;
Opponents	Turkey; Islamic State; Syrian National Army;
Battles and wars	Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency; Syrian Civil War Rojava conflict Rojava–Islamist conflict; ; Tell Abyad offensive; 2015 al-Hawl offensive; Tishrin Dam offensive; Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016); Manbij offensive (2016); Raqqa campaign (2016–2017); Operation Olive Branch; Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019) Battle of Baghuz Fawqani; ; 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria; Operation Claw-Sword; ;
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The International Freedom Battalion (Turkish: Enternasyonalist Özgürlük Taburu; Kurdish: Tabûra Azadî ya Înternasyonal; Arabic: طابور الحرية العالمي), commonly abbreviated as IFB or EÖT, is a revolutionary socialist armed group consisting of leftist foreign fighters fighting for the People's Defense Units in the Syrian Civil War in support of the Rojava Revolution and against the Turkish Armed Forces, the Syrian National Army, and Islamic State. The formation of the IFB was announced in June 2015 in Ras al-Ayn. Inspiration for the group came from the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War. The political ideologies of the fighters include anarchism, Marxism–Leninism, Hoxhaism, Maoism, and anarcho-communism.