The Mujahideen Shura Council ( ar, مجلس شورى مجاهدي الشرقية ''Majlis Shūrā Mujāhidīn ash-Sharqīyah'', meaning "Shura Council of the
Mujahideen
''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term th ...
of the Eastern Area", also known by the Arabic acronym ''Mishmish''), is a coalition of Islamist rebel groups in
Deir ez-Zor
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which formed in order to fight the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...
(ISIL) during the
Syrian Civil War.
[ The leader of the coalition was killed by ISIL around 12 June 2014.]
Affiliated groups
* Al-Nusra Front
Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra ( ar, جبهة النصرة لأهل الشام, Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-Ahl ish-Sham lit. ''Front of the Supporters of the People of Syria/the Levant''), known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ( ar, جبهة فتح ال ...
(Deir ez-Zor branch)
* Jaysh al-Islam
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* Free Syrian Army
* Ahrar al-Sham
*al-Rahman Legion (sometimes)
*1st Brigade of Damascus (sometimes)
* Al-Nusra Front (formerly)
* Saraya Ahl al-Sham
* Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis
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(Deir ez-Zor branch)
* 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 ...
(Deir ez-Zor branch)
* Army of Ahl al-Sunni wal Jamaa
* Authenticity and Development Front
The Authenticity and Development Front ( ar, جبهة الأصالة والتنمية; ''Jabhat al-'asalah wa'l-tanmiyah'') is an alliance of rebel groups that is active during the Syrian Civil War. The alliance is considered to be moderate by C ...
(Deir ez-Zor branch - Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiya)
* al-Qa'qa'
* Jabhat al-Jihad wal Bina
* Bayareq al-Shaaitat
* Liwa al-Qadisiya
* Army of Maoata al-Islami
* Army of al-Ikhlas
* Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar
)Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar()
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See also
* List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the ongoing Syrian Civil War as belligerents.
Syrian Arab Republic and allies
A number of sources have emphasized that as of at least late-2015/early-2016 the Syrian Arab Republic ...
* Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front
References
External links
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{{2011 Syrian uprising
Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war
Jihadist groups in Syria