Katibat Jabal al-Islam

Katibat Jabal al-Islam
Katibat Jabal al-Islam
كتيبة جبل الإسلام
Leader	Sheikh Fidaa Kharbatli
Military leader	Zahir Abu Usama
Spokesman	Abu Obeida
Dates of operation	2012-2025[citation needed]
Ideology	Salafi jihadism
Slogan	جعل شرع الله هو القانون في الأرض.; Make Allah's law the rule of law in the land.
Size	~460
Part of	Al-Nusra Front (2012-2017); Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (2017-2025)
Allies	Turkey; Free Syrian Army; National Front for Liberation; Jaysh al-Izza; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Rouse the Believers Operations Room; Hurras al-Din; Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan; Ansar al-Din Front;
Opponents	Syria; Russia Russian Air Force; Wagner Group; ; Iran; Islamic State;
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war 2015–2016 Latakia offensive; Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019); Northwestern Syria clashes (December 2022–November 2024);

Katibat Jabal al-Islam (Arabic: كتيبة جبل الإسلام, romanized: Katībat Jabal al-Islām, lit. 'Mountain of Islam Battalion', Turkish: İslam Dağı Taburu) or Jabal al-Islam Battalion is a jihadist group made up of mostly Syrian Turkmen established in 2012 in the Bayırbucak region of the northern Latakia area.

^ "تسجيلات تظهر هجومًا للمعارضة السورية ضد النظام في جبل التركمان" تسجيلات تظهر هجومًا للمعارضة السورية ضد النظام في جبل التركمان [Recordings showing a Syrian opposition attack against the regime in Jabal al-Turkman]. Erem News (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "The Turkestani Party the friend of Jabhat al-Nusra…7000 fighters came to Syria with facilities by the Turkish authorities, known for their fierceness, crowded out the Syrians with their livelihoods and seized a lot of them - The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

[1] "تسجيلات تظهر هجومًا للمعارضة السورية ضد النظام في جبل التركمان" تسجيلات تظهر هجومًا للمعارضة السورية ضد النظام في جبل التركمان [Recordings showing a Syrian opposition attack against the regime in Jabal al-Turkman]. Erem News (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[2] "The Turkestani Party the friend of Jabhat al-Nusra…7000 fighters came to Syria with facilities by the Turkish authorities, known for their fierceness, crowded out the Syrians with their livelihoods and seized a lot of them - The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

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