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Revision as of 20:47, 30 January 2017

Not to be confused with Sham Liberation Army.
Hayyat Tahrir al-sham
Organization for the Liberation of the Levant
هيئة تحرير الشام
Leaders For other leaders, see Leadership
Dates of operation28 January 2017 – present
HeadquartersIdlib, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Active regionsSyria and Lebanon
IdeologySunni Islamism
Allies
OpponentsState opponents

Non-state opponents

Shi'ite militias

Islamic State

Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham (Template:Lang-ar; Hayy’at Taḥrīr al-Shām, Organization for the Liberation of the Levant), commonly referred to as Tahrir al-Sham, is an active Jihadist and Salafist group involved in the Syrian Civil War. The group was formed on the 28th of January, 2017 as a merger between Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the Ansar al-Din Front, Jaysh al-Sunna, Liwa al-Haqq, and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement.[6][7] After the announcement, additional groups and individuals joined. The merger is currently lead by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and former Ahrar al-Sham Leaders, although the High Command consist of leaders from other groups.[8][9][10] Many groups and individuals defected from Ahrar al-Sham, representing their more conservative elements.

Member groups

The groups in italic are defectors from Ahrar al-Sham

Leadership

The "general commander" or emir of Tahrir al-Sham is Abu Jaber Hashem Al-Sheikh,[46][47] also known as Abu Jaber, who was the leader of Ahrar al-Sham until September 2015.[48] The "general commander" should not be confused with Tahrir al-Sham's "military leader", who is Abu Mohammad al-Julani,[47] the emir of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham who had also led its predecessor organisation Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda.[49] Besides Abu Mohammad al-Julani and Abdullah al-Muhaysini, the rest of the individuals are defectors from Ahrar al-Sham. They either left to join Jabhat Fateh al-Sham in the last few days of it's existence, or joined it's successor group Tahrir al-Sham.

Formation

Muhaysini, Abu Taher Al Hamawi, and Abdelrazzak Mehdi worked on the formation of the group.[65] Bilal Abdul Kareem reported on the formation of the new group.[66]

Tahrir al Sham stated that it may include the Turkistan Islamic Party in the future.[67]

The group received praise from the Gaza-based Salafist jihadist insurgent group Jaysh al-Ummah.[68]

The group is currently establishing an Islamic governing body called the Majlis-ash-Shura, or Literally, the consultative council (Hence the multiple signed documents creating decrees/laws which can be found on official Tahrir al-Sham outlets.) . The reasoning behind this is that with a Governing body, the newly formed group will be able to work together & prevent infighting which has been seen as the cause of tension within the rebel held areas for weeks prior to the formation of the group.[69]


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