Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
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Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام | |
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Syrian Civil War
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The Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union (
History
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In early November 2013, a large number of Sunni Islamist rebel groups in the wider Damascus region announced the formation of the “Greater Damascus Operations Room”, excluding
The group was initially allied with
On 26 February 2016, Syrian Army Special Forces killed the second leader of the Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union, Faysal al-Shami ("Abu Malek"), after intense clashes in the Darayya Association Quarter.[1]
On 19 March 2017, Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union fighters who left Darayya and Muadamiyat between August and October 2016 as part of the evacuation deal to Idlib joined the Sham Legion,[11] reducing the presence of the Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union to two pockets in the Damascus and Rif Damascus areas.
After the completion of the Beit Jinn offensive in January 2018 and the Southern Damascus offensive the following month, Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union presence was further reduced to a single pocket in the southern outskirt of Damascus.
In May 2018, the remaining members evacuated to Idlib. Following the evacuation, the groups ceased to be active.
See also
- List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "The Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ a b Jennifer Cafarella and Genevieve Casagrande, Syrian Armed Opposition Powerbrokers, Middle East Security Report 29, March 2016, Institute for the Study of War
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Damascus Preachers and the Armed Rebellion". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Abu Mohammed al-Fateh resigns from the leadership of the Islamic Union of Ajnad al-Sham". Enab Baladi. 30 November 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Omar Bahaa al-Din (11 August 2017). ""Legion of Rahman" and "Ajnad al-Sham": Allied conflict". Al-Modon.
- ^ Albin Szakola (19 February 2016). "Damascus rebels merge amid Jaysh al-Islam "intimidation"". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "فيلق الشام on Twitter".