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.[
* ]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 ...
* 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
* 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 ...
* Abu Amara Battalions
* Jaysh al-Islam
* Ashida'a Mujahideen Brigade
* Karm al-Jabal Martyrs Battalion
References
Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war
Operations rooms of the Syrian civil war
Aleppo Governorate in the Syrian civil war
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