Jabhat Ansar al-Islam

Jabhat Ansar al-Islam
Supporters of Islam Front
Jabhat Ansar al-Islam; Supporters of Islam Front;
جبهة أنصار الإسلام
	Logo of Jabhat Ansar al-Islam
Leaders	Abu Muhammad al-Jolani; Abu al-Majd al-Jolani (POW); Bashar Abu Shihab (POW); Abu Mu'adh al-Agha (spokesman of Tajamu Ansar al-Islam, 2012–13);
Dates of operation	8 August 2012 – late 2013 (Tajamu Ansar al-Islam); 31 March 2014 – present (Jabhat Ansar al-Islam);
Group(s)	Jabhat Ansar al-Islam: Usama ibn Zayd Brigade; Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam Brigade; Battalion of the Chargers; Former, Tajamu Ansar al-Islam: Habib al-Mustafa Brigade; Companions Battalions; Brigade of Islam; Criterion Brigade; Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib Battalion; Shield of al-Sham Battalions; Descendants of the Prophet Brigade (Damascus branch);
Active regions	Quneitra Governorate; Daraa Governorate; Rif Dimashq Governorate (until 2017); Idlib Governorate (2015);
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Part of	Syrian Revolutionary Command Council (2014–2015); National Front for the Liberation of Syria (since 2017);
Allies	Free Syrian Army Southern Front (sometimes); Army of Free Tribes; ; Criterion Brigades;
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012–February 2013) Battle of Darayya (November 2012–February 2013); ; 2014 Quneitra offensive; Daraa offensive (February–June 2017); Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; Daraa offensive (June–July 2018);

Jabhat Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: جبهة أنصار الإسلام; Supporters of Islam Front), originally formed as Tajamu' Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: تجمع أنصار الإسلام; Assembly of the Supporters of Islam) in August 2012, is an independent Sunni Islamist Syrian rebel group active in the Quneitra and Daraa Governorates.

Jabhat Ansar al-Islam is among dozens of Syrian rebel groups that have in the past been supplied with US-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles and Soviet-made 9K32 Strela-2 MANPADS with US approval.

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