Jaysh al-Jihad

Jaysh al-Jihad
جَيْشُ الْجِهَادِ
Leaders Abu Mussab Al-Fanussy
Dates of operation February 2015 – 21 May 2016
Headquarters Al-Qahtaniyah, Quneitra[1]
Active regions Quneitra Governorate and Daraa Governorate, Syria[1]
Ideology Salafi Jihadism
Size 500[1]
Part of Islamic State (allegedly)
Allies Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade
Opponents
Battles and wars Syrian Civil War
  • Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War

Jaysh al-Jihad (Army of Jihad) was a Islamist militant group based in the Quneitra Governorate in Syria. It formed from the merger of 7 smaller groups that split from Al-Nusra Front after their clashes with the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade in December of 2014. The groups were: Jihad Brigades, Jamaat Jund al-Islam, Jamaat Abu Baseer, Mujahideen of al-Sham movement, Jamaat Shabab Ahl al-Sunnah, Nurayn Brigade, and Jamaat Bunyan al-Marsous.[2]

Some other Syrian militant groups say that the group is allied with ISIS.[3][4] In April of 2015, fighting happened between the group and the Free Syrian Army and Al-Nusra Front after Jaysh al-Jihad members killed six Free Syrian Army members in Quneitra.[5] By the 6th of May 2015, the Al-Nusra Front and other militant groups said that they had cleared Quneitra of Jaysh al-Jihad fighters.[6]

In May of 2016, some of the group's members decided to join the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and Islamic Muthanna to create the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Islamic State in Southern Syria" (PDF). Carter Center. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Islamic State in Southern Syria" Archived 2018-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). Carter Center. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ↑ ""جيش الجهاد".. هل هو خلايا نائمة لـ"داعش" في درعا والقنيطرة؟". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "دوت مصر - 7 فصائل سورية تعلن إنشاء "جيش الجهاد"". دوت مصر. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "The emergence of IS in southern Syria". Middle East Eye. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Islamic State in Southern Syria" Archived 2018-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). Carter Center. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Far from Raqqa and Fallujah , Syria rebels open new front against ISIL in the south". The National. 29 May 2016.
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