Draft:Xhemati Alban

Xhemati Alban
Xhemati Alban
	Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Active regions	Idlib Governorate, Northern Aleppo
Ideology	Sunni Islamism; Salafism; Jihadism; Syrian opposition;
Size	60-100
Opponents	Syria;
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war 2015 Idlib offensive; ;

Xhemati Alban (Arabic: جماعة الألبان) is a small Sunni Albanian jihadi militant group composed of ethnic Albanian fighters from Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, and the Presheva valley which operates in the Syrian civil war in Idlib Governorate/North Aleppo.^[2]

History

Xhemati Alban claims to have been established in 2012, but reports suggest that the group only started operations in 2017. The group is headed by Abu Qatada al-Albani (Abdul Jashari).^[3]

References

[1] ttps://www.danielegarofalomonitoring.com/p/albanian-jihadists-in-syria

[2] "The media comeback of Albanian Tactical".

[3] ttps://silahreport.com/2021/03/27/albanians-fighting-in-syria-xhemati-alban-in-2020-part-1/

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