Jund al-Aqsa

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Jund al-Aqsa
جند الأقصى
Leaders
Dates of operationJanuary 2014 – 22 February 2017
Group(s)Ansar ut-Turkistan (formerly)[6]
Headquarters
Active regionsHama Governorate, Syria
Idlib Governorate, Syria[9]
Aleppo Governorate, Syria[10]
IdeologySalafist jihadism[11]
Size
Part of
AlliesIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant Daesh
Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
Jaysh al-Sunna[17][better source needed]
OpponentsState opponents

Other opponents rebel groups

Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

Military intervention against ISIL

Preceded by
Sarayat al-Quds (part of al-Nusra Front)
Succeeded by
*Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Daesh (Majority joined in February 2017)

Jund al-Aqsa (Liwa al-Aqsa after early 2017)[22][23] was a Islamist militant group that fought in the Syrian Civil War.[9] It used to be called Sarayat al-Quds and it was founded by Abu Abdulaziz al Qatari as a part of the Al-Nusra Front.[10] It later broke away from the Al-Nusra Front due to fighting with Daesh.[10] On the 20th of September 2016, the United States called Jund al-Aqsa a terrorist group.[24] The group decided to rejoin the Al-Nusra Front which was now called Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS) in October 2016.[4] However, JFS decided to remove Jund al-Aqsa from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.[25][26]

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References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Arterbury, John (2016-05-02). "Striving for "the Grandest Epics": Forecasting the Future of Jund al-Aqsa". Bellingcat. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "ISIL Commanders Killed in Syria, Iraq". Fars News. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "An internal struggle: Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate is grappling with its identity". Brookings Institution. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Jund al-Aqsa Swears Allegiance to Former Al-Qaeda Affiliate". Enab Baladi. 10 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Details on 'Ansar Al-Tawhid', a recently established military faction in Idlib province". Aleppo 24. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "ضمانات أمريكية لتركيا بالتوقف عن تسليح أكراد سوريا". جريدة الدستور الاردنية.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Search for the dead begins in Idlib after Islamic State-linked brigade leaves for Raqqa". Syria Direct. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Relatives of executed rebels speak out: 'The regime hasn't even done what Liwa al-Aqsa did to us'". Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "The Other Syrian Peace Process". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Why Did Jund Al-Aqsa Join Nusra Front in Taking Out 'Moderate' Rebels in Idlib?". Huffington Post. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "The new face of the Syrian rebellion". The Arab Chronicle. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jund al Aqsa leaders join Al Nusrah Front". The Long War Journal. 17 February 2016.
  13. ↑ al-Omar, Saleem (13 October 2016). "Islamist Groups Ahrar al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa Go to War". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Source: hundreds of fighters to leave their factions (Jund al-Aqsa) within two month". All4Syria. 7 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Charkatli, Izat (23 February 2017). "Over 2,000 radical rebels defect to ISIS following intra-rebel deal". Al-Masdar. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  16. ↑ "Reports: Al-Nusra Front leaves Jaish al-Fatah coalition in Syria". Middle East Eye. 30 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "‫تحرير معسكر المسطومة بالكامل 19-5-2015". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  18. ↑ "Rebels launch full-on assault of Idlib city". Syria Direct. Retrieved 25 March 2015., Syria Direct
  19. ↑ Joško Barić (29 April 2018). "Syrian War Daily – 29th of April 2018". Syrian War Daily. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  20. ↑ "Dissidents of "al-Aqsa Soldiers" form the "supporters of Tawheed" in Idlib - my media network". Baladi News Network. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  21. ↑ "Split among Al-Qaeda's supporters in Syria, in light of severe differences of opinion regarding the nature of the ties with Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri - The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center". Terrorism-info.org.il. 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  22. ↑ FNA (15 February 2017). "Jund al-Aqsa executes hundred members of rival groups in Idlib". ABNA24. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "Search for the dead begins in Idlib after Islamic State-linked brigade leaves for Raqqa". Syria Direct. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  24. ↑ "State Department Terrorist Designation of Jund al-Aqsa". U.S. Department of State. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  25. ↑ "Nawar Oliver on Twitter". Twitter.
  26. ↑ Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (23 January 2017). "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham removes Jund al-Aqsa from its ranks". Jihad Intel. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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