Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union

Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام
LeadersFaysal al-Shami  [1][better source needed]
Abu Muhammad al-Fatah (until November 2015)[2][3]
Dates of operation2 December 2013[4] – May 2018
Active regionsRif Dimashq Governorate
IdeologySunni Islamism[5]
Size15,000 (self-claim, 2014)[3]
Part ofUnified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta (2014–15)[6]
AlliesMartyrs of Islam Brigade
Ahrar al-Sham
OpponentsSyrian Armed Forces[7]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union (Arabic: الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام, al-ittihad al-islami li-ajnad al-sham, "Islamic Union of the Soldiers of the Levant") was an alliance of Sunni Islamist groups affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood[9] that was active in the Rif Dimashq Governorate during the Syrian Civil War.[5]

  1. ^ Leith Fadel (26 February 2016). "Top rebel commander killed in Darayya amid Syrian Army advance". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ^ "The Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b Jennifer Cafarella and Genevieve Casagrande, Syrian Armed Opposition Powerbrokers, Middle East Security Report 29, March 2016, Institute for the Study of War
  4. ^ "Pushing Back Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: The Path to Conflict". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Damascus Preachers and the Armed Rebellion". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Abu Mohammed al-Fateh resigns from the leadership of the Islamic Union of Ajnad al-Sham". Enab Baladi. 30 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Army makes first push toward Aleppo in a year". The Daily Star. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  8. ^ Fadel, Leith (21 June 2016). "Islamist offensive in Darayya ends in failure". al-masdar News. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. ^ Omar Bahaa al-Din (11 August 2017). ""Legion of Rahman" and "Ajnad al-Sham": Allied conflict". Al-Modon.

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