Jaysh al-Ahrar Army of the Free | |
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Arabic: جيش الأحرار | |
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Dates of operation | 1 December 2016 – present |
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Active regions | Northwestern Syria |
Ideology | Sunni Islamism |
Size | 1,500–2,000 (Jan. 2017)[8] |
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Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Website | https://twitter.com/jishalahrar |
Jaysh al-Ahrar (Arabic: جيش الأحرار, lit. 'Army of the Free'), is an armed Salafi Islamist rebel group in northwestern Syria that originated as a clique composed of 16 units in Ahrar al-Sham that opposed involvement in Operation Euphrates Shield, after a fatwa was released by religious clerics in Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, which led to the group's separation from Ahrar al-Sham.[4]
Most members of the group joined Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in January 2017. The founding leader of Jaysh al-Ahrar, Hashim al-Shaykh ("Abu Jaber") was appointed as the head of HTS. Jaysh al-Ahrar left HTS in September 2017, and have since then closely cooperated with both HTS and Ahrar al-Sham, as well as other rebel groups in the area.[13]
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