Jaysh al-Sunnah

Jaysh al-Sunnah
جيش السنة
The logo of Jaysh al-Sunnah
Leaders	Ammar Bouqai[1]
Dates of operation	20 March 2015 – 28 January 2017[1]
Active regions	Homs Governorate Idlib Governorate[1] Aleppo Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Salafi Islamism
Size	500+ fighters[1]
Part of	Army of Conquest[1] Fatah Halab[2]
Allies	Islamic Front al-Nusra Front Jund al-Aqsa
Opponents	Syria  Iran  Russia Hezbollah SSNP Syrian Democratic Forces Liwa Zainebiyoun Liwa Fatemiyoun
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2015 Idlib offensive[1] Second Battle of Idlib[1] 2015 Jisr al-Shughur offensive[3] Syrian Kurdish-Islamist conflict (2013-present) 2016 Aleppo campaign Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016) Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016) Idlib Governorate clashes (January 2017)
Succeeded by File:Flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.svg Tahrir al-Sham  Ahrar al-Sham

Jaysh al-Sunnah was a Islamist militant group that was active in the Homs Governorate and it was established by combining other militant groups such as brigades within the Farouq Brigades. The group joined the Army of Conquest on the 24th of March 2015, and fought in the Second Battle of Idlib losing 14 of its men in the battle.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} "The Homs tribute to the Idlib liberation battle". Facebook. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
2. ↑ "Group Alliance". X (social media platform). Archived from the original on 2015-06-19.
3. ↑ "Al Qaeda and allies form coalition to battle Syrian regime in Idlib". Long War Journal. 24 March 2015.