Jaysh al-Izza

Army of Glory
Army of Glory
جيش العزة; Jaysh al-Izza
Leaders	Maj. Jamil al-Saleh (commander-in-Chief); Col. Mustafa al-Bakour (general commander); Capt. Manaf Maarati (deputy commander, until October 2019); Capt. Mustafa Maarati (spokesman, until October 2019)
Dates of operation	2013–present
Group(s)	Homs al-Adiya Brigades;
Headquarters	Kafr Nabl area (August 2019-February 2020), Jisr al-Shughur (per pro-government reports), formerly al-Lataminah
Active regions	Hama Governorate; Idlib Governorate; Latakia Governorate;
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Size	3,000 (late 2015); September 2019: 2,500 (HTS defector claim); Over 3,000 (pro-government media claim); ; ≤3500 (December 2021) ;
Part of	Free Syrian Army; Jaysh al-Nasr (2015)
Allies	Tahrir al-Sham; Guardians of Religion Organization; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Ajnad al-Sham; Malhama Tactical; National Front for Liberation; Syrian National Army Turkey
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces; Russia; Iran; Hezbollah; Arab Nationalist Guard; Eagles of the Whirlwind; Ba'ath Brigades; Syrian Resistance
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Siege of Northern Homs; 2014 Hama offensive; Insurgency in Idlib; Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015); Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) (Russian intervention); 2015 Hama offensive; 2016 Latakia offensive; 2016 Hama offensive; Hama offensive (March–April 2017); Hama offensive (September 2017); Northeastern Hama offensive (2017); Syrian Liberation Front–Tahrir al-Sham conflict; Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019); Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019); Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020);

Jaysh al-Izza is a Islamist militant group part of the Free Syrian Army active in the northwest of Syria. The group has been given anti-tank missiles such as the 9K111 Fagot or BGM-71 TOW by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Qatar.^[10]^[11] The group also tried to join the National Front for Liberation which has other militant groups in Idlib such as Ahrar al-Sham but the leadership of Jaysh al-Izza refused due to complications.^[12]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Western-backed Syrian rebel group says hit by Russian air strikes". Reuters. 30 September 2015.
↑ "A former leader in the opposition warns of a second phase of the Idlib battles". 23 August 2019.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Including leaders in the first row .. Defected elements of the "Army of Glory"". Zaman al-Wasl. 10 October 2019.
↑ "Over 2,000 militants redeploy to western Idlib after defeat in northern Hama". 9 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019.
↑ "Series of detailed tweets from HTS defector Abu Salih al-Hamawi exposing HTS". Trunk News Translations. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-04. Jaysh al-Izza has 1300 members, 167 (note: 13%) were martyred while you claim to have 10.000, and only 400 (note: 4%) were martyred.
↑ News Desk (2019-09-08). "Over 2,000 militants redeploy to western Idlib after defeat in northern Hama". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
↑ "Sixth anniversary of Zahran Alloush's killing in Russian airstrike on eastern Ghouta". syriahr.com. 25 December 2021.
↑ "After military operation for it, violent attack by Horas Al-Din and Ansar Al-Tawheed and Jaysh Al-Izza in northern Hama and heavy aerial and ground shelling target the area". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 26 April 2018.
↑ "بينهم قادة في الصف الأول.. انشقاق عناصر من جيش العزة".
↑ "US arms shipment to Syrian rebels detailed". IHS Jane's 360. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
↑ Afanasieva, Dasha (30 September 2015). "Western-backed Syrian rebel group says hit by Russian air strikes". Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
↑ "The Syrian National Army: For the Syrian revolution or against the Kurds? - Syria Direct". syriadirect.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20.

[reuters2015-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Western-backed Syrian rebel group says hit by Russian air strikes". Reuters. 30 September 2015.

[aformercommander-2] "A former leader in the opposition warns of a second phase of the Idlib battles". 23 August 2019.

[defect-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Including leaders in the first row .. Defected elements of the "Army of Glory"". Zaman al-Wasl. 10 October 2019.

[4] "Over 2,000 militants redeploy to western Idlib after defeat in northern Hama". 9 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019.

[TNTtranslation-5] "Series of detailed tweets from HTS defector Abu Salih al-Hamawi exposing HTS". Trunk News Translations. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-04. Jaysh al-Izza has 1300 members, 167 (note: 13%) were martyred while you claim to have 10.000, and only 400 (note: 4%) were martyred.

[progovt-6] News Desk (2019-09-08). "Over 2,000 militants redeploy to western Idlib after defeat in northern Hama". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-09-08.

[SOHR-7] "Sixth anniversary of Zahran Alloush's killing in Russian airstrike on eastern Ghouta". syriahr.com. 25 December 2021.

[syriahr2018-8] "After military operation for it, violent attack by Horas Al-Din and Ansar Al-Tawheed and Jaysh Al-Izza in northern Hama and heavy aerial and ground shelling target the area". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 26 April 2018.

[9] "بينهم قادة في الصف الأول.. انشقاق عناصر من جيش العزة".

[janes2-10] "US arms shipment to Syrian rebels detailed". IHS Jane's 360. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

[11] Afanasieva, Dasha (30 September 2015). "Western-backed Syrian rebel group says hit by Russian air strikes". Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

[12] "The Syrian National Army: For the Syrian revolution or against the Kurds? - Syria Direct". syriadirect.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20.

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