The Jarabulus Company ( ar, سرايا جرابلس, Sarāyā Jarābulus) was a Free Syrian Army-affiliated rebel group that was active during the Syrian Civil War. The militia was a minor rebel group that fought the

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...

during the

Siege of Kobanî The siege of Kobanî was launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on 13 September 2014, in order to capture the Kobanî Canton and its main city of Kobanî (also known as Kobanê or Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria, in the ''de fact ...

. The rebel group evolved from previous rebel groups in the town of Jarabulus, which became an ISIL stronghold in June 2013. An offensive by rebels to retake control of Jarabulus failed following a suicide bombing attack by the IS on 15 January 2014. According to a representative of the

Northern Sun Battalion The Northern Sun Battalion ( ar-at, كتائب شمس الشمال, Katā'ib Šams aš-Šamāl) is an armed rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and part of the Syrian Democratic Forces that has been active during the Syrian Civil ...

in Kobanî, Jarabulus Company initially operated in the city but has since lost their presence by late 2014.

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Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war Anti-ISIL factions in Syria Free Syrian Army {{Paramilitary-org-stub

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