Jabhat Ansar al-Islam

Jabhat Ansar al-Islam
Supporters of Islam Front
جبهة أنصار الإسلام
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Ideology Sunni Islamism[1]
Leaders Abu Muhammad al-Jolani[2]
Area of operations Quneitra Governorate
Daraa Governorate[1]
Part of
Allies
Opponents Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War

The Supporters of Islam Front (Arabic: جبهة أنصار الإسلام‎‎; Jabhat Ansar al-Islam) is an independent Sunni Islamist Syrian rebel group active in the Quneitra and Daraa Governorates.

The Jabhat Ansar al-Islam group is reportedly among dozens of Syrian rebel groups that have in the past been supplied with US-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles and 9K32 Strela-2 MANPADS with US approval.[4]

On 6 April 2017, clashes erupted between Jabhat Ansar al-Islam and the Syrian Revolutionaries Front in the northern Quneitra countryside, which resulted in 7 rebels being killed. Government forces shelled the area on the same day, which resulted in a ceasefire between the two rebel groups.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted Groups". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Syria war: Rebel group supplied with anti-air missiles". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Dead and wounded in clashes between two factions revolutionists north of Quneitra". All4Syria. 7 April 2017.


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