Back الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام Arabic Unió Islàmica Ajnad al-Xam Catalan Unión Islámica de Ajnad al-Sham Spanish اتحاد اسلامی اجناد الشام Persian Union islamique Ajnad al-Cham French Исламский союз Аджнад аш-Шам Russian
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| Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام | |
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 Official logo of Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union | |
| Leaders | Faysal al-Shami †[1] Abu Muhammad al-Fatah (until November 2015)[2][3] |
| Dates of operation | 2 December 2013[4] – May 2018 |
| Active regions | Rif Dimashq Governorate |
| Ideology | Sunni Islamism[5] |
| Size | 15,000 (self-claim, 2014)[3] |
| Part of | Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta (2014–15)[6] |
| Allies |  Free Syrian Army
 Ahrar al-Sham |
| Opponents | Syrian Armed Forces[7] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
The Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union (Arabic: الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام, al-ittihad al-islami li-ajnad al-sham, "Islamic Union of the Soldiers of the Levant") was an alliance of Sunni Islamist groups affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood[9] that was active in the Rif Dimashq Governorate during the Syrian Civil War.[5]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Omar Bahaa al-Din (11 August 2017). ""Legion of Rahman" and "Ajnad al-Sham": Allied conflict". Al-Modon.