Harakat Sham al-Islam
| Harakat Sham al-Islam Syrian Islamic Movement[1] |
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| حركة شام الإسلام Participant in Syrian Civil War |
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| Active | August 2013[2]–present |
| Ideology | Salafist jihadism[3] |
| Leaders | Ibrahim bin Shakaran †[4] Abu Talha al Andalusi Abu Muhammad al Baydawi[5] |
| Area of operations | Latakia Governorate, Syria Aleppo Governorate, Syria[2] |
| Strength | 500 (April 2014)[6] |
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| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Harakat Sham al-Islam (Arabic: حركة شام الإسلام, meaning "Islamic Movement of the Levant") is a jihadist group composed of primarily Moroccans that has been active during the Syrian Civil War.[15] The group announced on 25 July 2014 that it became part of the Jabhat Ansar al-Din.[7] It was designated as a terrorist organization by the US State Department on 24 September 2014.[16]
The group was founded in August 2013[2] by three Moroccan detainees who had been released from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Ibrahim bin Shakran, Ahmed Mizouz and Mohammed Alami.[6] Harakat Sham al-Islam first came to notice because of the role it played in the 2013 Latakia offensive.[14] The following year the group was one of the three primary factions, alongside Al-Nusra Front and Ansar al-Sham, that took part in the 2014 Latakia offensive.[13] Harakat Sham al-Islam also has a presence in Aleppo, being involved in battles for Kindi Hospital and the Aleppo Central Prison.[14]
The group's leader, Shakran, was killed in a battle with Syrian Government forces in April 2014,[3] along with the group's military commander, Abu Safiya Al-Masri.[17]
See also
References
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External links
- Harakat Sham al-Islam on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (Arabic)
- Articles with dead external links from April 2016
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- Anti-government factions of the Syrian Civil War
- Designated terrorist organizations associated with Islam
- Jihadist groups
- Organisations designated as terrorist by the United States
- Organizations designated as terrorist in Asia
