Jund al-Sham

Jund al-Sham (Arabic: جند الشام, lit. 'The Sham Division') is or was the name of multiple Sunni Islamic jihadist militant groups.

Not to be confused with Junud al-Sham.

Founded around 1991 in Jordan and trained in 1999 in Afghanistan with financial support from Osama bin Laden, the group has perpetrated several terrorist attacks since 2004 in countries such as Lebanon and Qatar. The group has also fought the Syrian army in Syria from 2005 until March 2014.

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