Levant Front
Levant Front | |
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al-Jabha al-Shamiya Participant in the Syrian Civil War | |
Active | 25 December 2014[1]–present |
Groups |
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Leaders | Abdel-Aziz Salameh[2] |
Area of operations | Aleppo, Syria |
Part of | Fateh Haleb[5] |
Allies |
People's Protection Units[6] Supporters of the Religion Front Jabhat al-Nusra[7] |
Opponents |
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Battles and wars |
The Levant Front or Jabhat al-Shamiyya (Arabic: الجبهة الشامية, also translated as the al-Shamiyya Front)[10] is a joint operations room of Aleppo-based rebel factions involved in the Syrian Civil War.[11] Its membership includes the major Sunni Islamist groups operating in northern Syria, representing a spectrum of ideologies from hardline Salafism to apolitical factions linked to the Free Syrian Army.[1]
History
Following months of negotiations in Turkey and northern Syria between the Islamic Front, Army of Mujahedeen, Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki, Fastaqim Kama Umirt, and the Authenticity and Development Front, on 25 December 2014, the factions announced that they had combined their forces into a joint command called the Levant Front.[1] The Western backed Hazzm Movement joined the coalition on 30 January 2015,[3] and announced its dissolution and merger with other Levant Front factions on 1 March 2015.[4]
On 20 February 2015, the Levant Front successfully forced the Syrian Army forces to retreat from rural towns in Aleppo;[12] during the clashes 300 soldiers and mercenaries were killed and 110 were captured.[13]
On 18 April 2015, the Levant Front announced it's dissolution as an alliance, however it stated that the member factions would continue to coordinate with each other militarily. Reasons behind the split are believed to include a lack of coordination between the groups and increasing defections of it's members to other factions.[14][15] Following it's end as a single unified group it continued to act as a joint operations room.[16]
On the 26th April 2015, along with other major Aleppo based groups, they established the Fateh Haleb joint operations room.[17][18]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Levant Front: Can Aleppo’s Rebels Unite?". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "‘Shamiah Front’ unites leading Aleppo opposition groups". The Daily Star. 27 December 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Hazem Movement joins al- Jabha al- Shameyyah". SOHR. 30 January 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "U.S.-backed Syria rebel group dissolves itself after losses". Reuters Media. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/33xop4/the_biggest_rebel_factions_in_aleppo_just_formed/
- ↑ "KURDISH YPG AND JABHAT AL-SHAMIYA AGREEMENT ON JUDICIARY COOPERATION IN ALEPPO". Syrian Rebellion Observatory. 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "Aleppo Battle: Al Qaeda's Jabhat Al-Nusra Is Friend To Syrian Rebel Groups". International Business Times. 9 March 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Aleppo's rebels brace for IS assault". Al-Monitor. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ↑ "Scores killed as opposition fighters launched new formation in Syria’s Aleppo". ARA News. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ "Syrian rebel groups in Aleppo enter alliance: monitoring group". Reuters. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "KingQajar comments on [ARABIC] Jabhat al-Shamiyah has announced its official dissolution.". Reddit.
- ↑ "قائد في "حزب الله": قوات النظام ارتكبت مجزرة بحلب والضباط تركونا لوحدنا". alankabout.com.
- ↑ حلب - أنس الكردي. "العربي الجديد - حلب: المعارضة السورية تحرز تقدماً والنظام يستدعي مقاتلين أجانب". alaraby.
- ↑ "بعد 3 أشهر من تشكيلها .."الجبهة الشامية" بحلب تحلّ نفسها". El Dorar. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Key Islamist group Shamiya Front resolves itself: source". Zaman al-Wasl. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/3395sl/jabhat_alshamiya_operations_room_announces_new/cqio5zc
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/33xop4/the_biggest_rebel_factions_in_aleppo_just_formed/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/342q2w/fateh_haleb_coalition_member_organizations_list/
External links
- Levant Front on Twitter (Arabic)
- Levant Front's YouTube Channel