Ansar al-Sham

Kata'ib Ansar al-Sham
Supporters of the Levant Battalions
Kata'ib Ansar al-Sham; Supporters of the Levant Battalions
Arabic: كتائب أنصار الشام
	; Ansar al-Sham Logo; Flag of Ansar al-Sham
Leaders	Abu Omar al-Jamil; (overall leader); Abu Musa al-Shishani; (military commander)
Dates of operation	September 2012 – present
Group(s)	al-Zahir Baybars Battalion
Headquarters	Jabal al-Akrad, Latakia Governorate
Active regions	Latakia Governorate; Idlib Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Salafism;
Size	2,500 (March 2014)
Part of	Syrian Islamic Front; Islamic Front; Jaysh al-Islam (December 2016–January 2017, branch part of Ahrar al-Sham since January 2017); Tahrir al-Sham (February 2017–August 2018)
Allies	Free Syrian Army; Junud al-Sham; Jund al-Aqsa; Sham Legion; Ajnad al-Kavkaz; Ajnad ash-Sham; Jaysh al-Sunna; Tahrir al-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
Opponents	Syria; Russia; Iran; Hezbollah; Syrian Resistance; Syrian Social Nationalist Party;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2013 Latakia offensive; 2014 Latakia offensive; Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; 2015 Idlib offensive Battle of Idlib (2015); ; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015); Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015); 2015–16 Latakia offensive; 2016 Latakia offensive; Northwestern Syria offensive (April 2019–present);

Kata'ib Ansar al-Sham (Arabic: كتائب أنصار الشام, Supporters of the Levant Battalions) is an armed Sunni Islamist rebel group active in the Syrian Civil War, mainly fighting against Syrian government forces.

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