Sham Legion

Sham Legion
فَيْلَق الشَّام Faylaq al-Sham
Logo of the Sham Legion Flag of the Sham Legion
Leaders	Commander-in-chief: Fadlallah al-Haji Leader (2014): Mondher Saras[1] Top commander: Col. Mohammad Bakkar †[2] Field commander: Zuheir Harba †[3] Senior commander: Feisal Balkash †[4] Field commander (2014–18): Maj. Yasser Abdul Rahim[5][6] Field commander: Khaldun Mador ("Abu Jamil")[6]
Dates of operation	10 March 2014 – present[1]
Active regions	Western and northern Syria Aleppo Governorate Idlib Governorate Hama Governorate Latakia Governorate Homs Governorate (2014–18)
Ideology	Sunni Islamism[1][7]
Size	4,000[8][9] (Russian military claim, December 2016) 8,500-10,000 fighters (2018 estimate)[10]
Part of	Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[11] (2014–15) Fatah Halab[12] (2015–16) Army of Conquest[13] (2015–16) Northern Homs Countryside Operations Room[14] Mare' Operations Room[15] (2014–16) Hawar Kilis Operations Room (since 2016) Northern Hama Countryside Operations Room [16] Revolutionaries of Atarib (March–April 2018) National Front for Liberation (since May 2018)[17]
Allies	Army of Mujahideen Islamic Front[18] (2014–15) Free Syrian Army  Turkey Ahrar al-Sham Tahrir al-Sham (sometimes)
Opponents	Syrian Arab Republic Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[18] Syrian Democratic Forces Tahrir al-Sham (sometimes) Ahrar al-Sharqiya Ansar Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict Syrian Liberation Front–Tahrir al-Sham conflict[19] 2014 Idlib offensive Battle of Morek[1] Battle of Idlib (2015)[20] 2016 Aleppo summer campaign Operation Euphrates Shield Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018) Operation Olive Branch Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019) 2022 Ahrar al-Sham–Levant Front clashes
Preceded by Shields of the Revolution Council Civilian Protection Committee[21] Unified Military Council (Idlib)

The Sham Legion (Arabic: فَيْلَق الشَّام, Faylaq al-Shām^[1]) is an alliance of Sunni Islamist rebel groups formed in March 2014, during the Syrian Civil War.^[1] The alliance was formed from 19 different groups,^[22] some of which were previously affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria and the Shields of the Revolution Council.^[1][23]