Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham was a Sunni Islamist political organisation and paramilitary group involved in the Syrian civil war. It was formed on 28 January 2017 as a merger of... Wikipedia

  • Active:  28 January 2017 – 29 January 2025
  • Ideology:  Sunni Islamism, Salafism, Jihadism, Sunni interests, Syrian nationalism- Historical, Salafi jihadism
  • Leaders:  Ahmed al-Sharaa (October 2017 until 29 January 2025), Abu Jaber Sheikh (Shura council leader, official leader until October 2017), Abu Hassan al-Hamwi (military leader since 2019), Abu Ubeidah al-Kansafra †, (top military commander)
  • Headquarters:  Idlib Governorate, Syria
  • Merged into:  Syrian Armed Forces
  • Allies:  State allies, (alleged) Non-state allies, Jama'at Ansar al-Islam (splinter faction), Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, Turkistan Islamic Party, Junud al-Makhdi, Malhama Tactical, Katibat al-Ghuraba al-Turkistan, Army of Glory, Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis (2018), Syrian National Army, Syrian Free Army
  • Opponents:  State opponents, Ba'athist Syria, (until 2024), (2017) Non-state opponents, IRGC-backed militant groups, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Liwa Zainebiyoun, Liwa Fatemiyoun, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Hezbollah, Islamic State, Al-Qaeda (since 2020), Hurras al-Din
  • Data Source:  DuckDuckGo