The Descendants of Saladin Brigade (Arabic: لواء أحفاد صلاح الدين‎; Liwa Ahfad Saladin) was a Free Syrian Army group active in the northern Aleppo Governorate. The group was supported by Turkey and was initially funded and armed by the United States,[9] mainly fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant but also opposing the Syrian government and the Democratic Union Party's affiliates such as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).[5] The brigade was largely disbanded by the Turkish Army in 2017, following disagreements over the participation in a planned Turkish-led offensive against Afrin Canton,[1] although a small faction within the group (known simply as Saladin Brigade) remained active and participated in the offensive since January 2018.[2][7]