Jaysh al-Islam

Jaysh al-Islam
Jaysh al-Islam
جيش الإسلام
	; Logo of Jaysh al-Islam
Founding leader	Zahran Alloush †
Military leader	Essam al-Buwaydhani (2015–2019); Abu Jamal (military chief)
Political leader	Mohammed Alloush
Spokesman	Islam Alloush (former)
Dates of operation	2011–2013 (as Liwa al-Islam); 2013–present (as Jaysh al-Islam)
Group(s)	Eastern Ghouta (until 14 April 2018) Military Council of Damascus and its Suburbs; Eastern Qalamoun Mountains (until 25 April 2018) 8th Brigade Lions of the Asima Brigade; ; 7th Group; Southern Damascus 17th Brigade;
Headquarters	Eastern Ghouta, in the Damascus suburb of Otaybah (until April 2018); Douma (until April 2018); Jarabulus (since April 2018);
Active regions	Turkish-occupied areas in the Aleppo Governorate (since April 2018); Eastern Ghouta (until 14 April 2018); Southern Damascus; Greater Daraa area until 7 May 2018; Eastern Qalamoun Mountains (until 25 April 2018);
Ideology	Sunni Islamism; Syrian nationalism (since 2016)
Size	20,000–25,000 (May 2015); 18,000 (December 2016); 16,000 fighters in Ghouta (February 2018)
Part of	Islamic Front ; (2013–2016); Mujahideen Shura Council ; (2014–2015); Syrian Revolutionary Command Council ; (2014–2015); Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta ; (2014–2015)
Allies	Turkey; Saudi Arabia; (until 2018) Qatar; Kuwait (until 2018); Free Syrian Army; Ahrar al-Sham; al-Rahman Legion (sometimes); 1st Brigade of Damascus (sometimes); Al-Nusra Front (formerly); Saraya Ahl al-Sham; Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis;
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; al-Rahman Legion (sometimes); 1st Brigade of Damascus (sometimes); Tahrir al-Sham; Jaysh al-Ummah;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 18 July 2012 Damascus bombing ; Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) ; Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012–February 2013) ; Damascus offensive (2013) ; Rif Dimashq offensive (March–August 2013) ; Siege of Eastern Ghouta ; Rif Dimashq offensive (September–November 2013) ; Syrian opposition–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict ; Al-Nusra Front–Syria Revolutionaries Front conflict ; Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) ; 2015 Jisr al-Shughur offensive ; Battle of Zabadani (2015) ; Eastern Ghouta offensive (2015) ; Daraa offensive (February 2017) ; East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (April–May 2017) ; Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018) ; Qaboun offensive (2017) ; Eastern Qalamoun offensive (April 2018) ; 2018 Southern Syria offensive ; National Front for Liberation–Tahrir al-Sham conflict ; 2022 Ahrar al-Sham–Levant Front clashes ;
Designated as a terrorist group by	Syria; Iran; Egypt;
Website	www.jaishalislam.com

Jaysh al-Islam (Arabic: جيش الإسلام, romanized: Jayš al-ʾIslām, meaning Army of Islam), formerly known as Liwa al-Islam (Arabic: لواء الإسلام, Brigade of Islam), is a coalition of Islamist rebel units involved in the Syrian Civil War.

The group was part of the Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Council until December 2013, but in November 2013 started the Syrian Islamic Front and the next month broke with the SMC and the Free Syrian Army.

Its primary base of operations was the Damascus area, particularly the city of Douma and the rest of the region of Eastern Ghouta, where Jaysh al-Islam was the largest rebel faction, as was Liwa al-Islam before. Following the fall of Ghouta to Assad’s forces, Jaysh al-Islam retreated to areas controlled by the Turkish Backed Free Syrian Army, where it reportedly joined the FSA, after years of separation from FSA command.

The group along with Ahrar al-Sham was among the main rebel groups supported by Saudi Arabia. The group has promoted an Islamic state under Sharia law. In 2015, its then leader claimed in an interview to be seeking for the Syrian government to be replaced by a “technocratic body that represents the diversity of the Syrian people.”.

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