Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
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| Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام |
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| Participant in Syrian Civil War | |
 Official logo of Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union |
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| Active | 2 December 2013 – 26 February 2016[1] |
| Ideology | Islamism[2] |
| Leaders | Faysal al-Shami †[3] Abu Mohammed al-Fateh (former)[4] |
| Area of operations | Darayya District, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria[1] |
| Strength | 3,000[5] |
| Part of | Syrian Revolutionary Command Council Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta (branch dissolved)[6] Jund al-Malahm[7] al Marj Operations Room[8] |
| Allies | Army of Mujahedeen[9] Sham Legion Alweiat Al-Furqan Islamic Front[10] Jaysh al-Islam |
| Opponents | Syrian Armed Forces[11] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
The Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union (Arabic: الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام, al-ittihad al-islami li-ajnad al-sham, "Islamic Union of the Soldiers of the Levant") is an alliance of some of the Islamist groups that have been active during the Syrian Civil War.[2] The groups involved are: the al-Habib al-Mustafa Brigades, the Amjad al-Islam Gathering, the Sahaba Brigades and Battalions, the Shabab al-Houda Battalions, and the Der al-Asima Brigade.[4] The organization expressed support for the Geneva II talks.[12]
On 18 February 2016, its fighters based in eastern Ghouta announced the "full incorporation" of its fighters into al-Rahman Legion, though reiterating that its fighters based in the western Damascus suburbs of Darayya and Moadammiyyeh as well as in southern Damascus would still operate under the Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union banner and where not a part of this merger.[6]
On 26 February 2016, Syrian Army Special Forces killed the second leader of Ajnad al-Sham, Faysal al-Shami ("Abu Malek") after intense clashes in the Darayya Association Quarter.[3]
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