Jabhat Ansar al-Islam

Jabhat Ansar al-Islam
Supporters of Islam Front
Jabhat Ansar al-Islam; Supporters of Islam Front;
جبهة أنصار الإسلام
	Logo of Jabhat Ansar al-Islam
Leaders	Abu Muhammad al-Jolani; Abu al-Majd al-Jolani (POW); Bashar Abu Shihab (POW); Abu Mu'adh al-Agha (spokesman of Tajamu Ansar al-Islam, 2012–13);
Dates of operation	8 August 2012 – late 2013 (Tajamu Ansar al-Islam); 31 March 2014 – present (Jabhat Ansar al-Islam);
Group(s)	Jabhat Ansar al-Islam: Usama ibn Zayd Brigade; Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam Brigade; Battalion of the Chargers; Former, Tajamu Ansar al-Islam: Habib al-Mustafa Brigade; Companions Battalions; Brigade of Islam; Criterion Brigade; Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib Battalion; Shield of al-Sham Battalions; Descendants of the Prophet Brigade (Damascus branch);
Active regions	Quneitra Governorate; Daraa Governorate; Rif Dimashq Governorate (until 2017); Idlib Governorate (2015);
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Part of	Syrian Revolutionary Command Council (2014–2015); National Front for the Liberation of Syria (since 2017);
Allies	Free Syrian Army Southern Front (sometimes); Army of Free Tribes; ; Criterion Brigades;
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012–February 2013) Battle of Darayya (November 2012–February 2013); ; 2014 Quneitra offensive; Daraa offensive (February–June 2017); Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; Daraa offensive (June–July 2018);
	Preceded by; Tajamu Ansar al-Islam (Gathering of Supporters of Islam, 2012–13)

Jabhat Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: جبهة أنصار الإسلام; Supporters of Islam Front), originally formed as Tajamu' Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: تجمع أنصار الإسلام; Assembly of the Supporters of Islam) in August 2012, is an independent Sunni Islamist Syrian rebel group active in the Quneitra and Daraa Governorates.

Jabhat Ansar al-Islam is among dozens of Syrian rebel groups that have in the past been supplied with US-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles and Soviet-made 9K32 Strela-2 MANPADS with US approval.^[8]

^ ^a ^b "Syria's New Super-Opposition Coalition Unites Moderates, Islamists -- And Leaves US With Limited Allies". International Business Times. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (6 February 2015). "ISIS and Syria's Southern Front". Middle East Institute.
^ Joško Barić. "Syrian War Daily – 30th of May 2018". Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "A spokesman for the Gathering of Supporters of Islam to Orient: Daraya became the regime's node". Orient News. 1 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jabhat Ansar al-Islam announces establishment of a sector in Idlib". Al-Souria. 21 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted Groups". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ "Free army factions in the south announce the formation of the "National Front for the Liberation of Syria"". El-Dorar al-Shamia. 22 July 2017.
^ "Syria war: Rebel group supplied with anti-air missiles". Middle East Eye. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[ibt5dec-1] "Syria's New Super-Opposition Coalition Unites Moderates, Islamists -- And Leaves US With Limited Allies". International Business Times. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

[isis-2] Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (6 February 2015). "ISIS and Syria's Southern Front". Middle East Institute.

[30may18-3] Joško Barić. "Syrian War Daily – 30th of May 2018". Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[orient-4] "A spokesman for the Gathering of Supporters of Islam to Orient: Daraya became the regime's node". Orient News. 1 February 2013.

[idlib-5] "Jabhat Ansar al-Islam announces establishment of a sector in Idlib". Al-Souria. 21 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[jabhat-6] "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted Groups". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

[7] "Free army factions in the south announce the formation of the "National Front for the Liberation of Syria"". El-Dorar al-Shamia. 22 July 2017.

[8] "Syria war: Rebel group supplied with anti-air missiles". Middle East Eye. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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