The Jaysh Halab ( ar, جيش حلب, lit=Army of Aleppo) was a coalition of Syrian rebel groups based in rebel-held areas inside the city of Aleppo, Syria. The coalition was created by Hashim al-Sheikh, the former general commander of

Ahrar ash-Sham Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya ( ar-at, حركة أحرار الشام الإسلامية, Ḥarakat Aḥrāru š-Šām al-Islāmiyah, lit=Islamic Movement of the Freemen of the Levant), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition ...

with the intent of unifying various rebel groups in Aleppo. After the announcement, nothing was heard of the group until December 2016.

Initial member groups

The joint

operations room A control room or operations room is a central space where a large physical facility or physically dispersed service can be monitored and controlled. It is often part of a larger command center. Overview A control room's purpose is produc ...

consisted of both Sunni Islamist and

Salafist The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a reform branch movement within Sunni Islam that originated during the nineteenth century. The name refers to advocacy of a return to the traditions of the "pious predecessors" (), the first three generati ...

factions and some Free Syrian Army groups. On its formation on 6 February 2016, the former Ahrar ash-Sham commander issued an ultimatum that ordered 15 rebel factions to join the group within 72 hours. *

* Northern Division * 16th Division * 1st Regiment * Mountain Hawks Brigade * Sultan Murad Division * Levant Front * Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement * Fastaqim Union * Muntasir Billah Brigade

Re-activation

On 1 December 2016, during the Aleppo offensive, all rebel groups in southeastern Aleppo reportedly merged into the coalition replacing

Fatah Halab Fatah Halab ( ar, فتح حلب, Fataḥ Ḥalab, lit=Conquest of Aleppo), or Aleppo Conquest, was a joint operations room of Syrian rebel factions operating in and around Aleppo, Syria. Succeeding the Aleppo Liberation operations room, its est ...

in southeastern Aleppo. A new commander, Abu Abdul Rahman Noor was named. On 9 December a new emir was named, Abu Ashida'a The 2nd iteration of the group includes: * 1st Regiment *

Army of Mujahideen Jaysh al-Mujahideen , native_name_lang= Ar , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Flag of the Army of Mujahedeen (Syria).svg , caption = Logo of the Army of Mujahideen , active = 2 January 2014 – 25 January 2017 , ide ...

* Elite Islamic Battalions * Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement * Sham Legion * Levant Front * Sultan Murad Division ** Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade *

* Abu Amara Battalions * Jaysh al-Islam * Ashida'a Mujahideen Brigade * Karm al-Jabal Martyrs Battalion

References

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