Sham Legion

Sham Legion
Sham Legion
فَيْلَق الشَّام; Faylaq al-Sham
	; Logo of the Sham Legion; ; Flag of the Sham Legion
Leaders	Commander-in-chief: Fadlallah al-Haji; Leader (2014): Mondher Saras; Top commander: Col. Mohammad Bakkar †; Field commander: Zuheir Harba †; Senior commander: Feisal Balkash †; Field commander (2014–18): Maj. Yasser Abdul Rahim; Field commander: Khaldun Mador ("Abu Jamil");
Dates of operation	10 March 2014 – present
Active regions	Western and northern Syria Aleppo Governorate; Idlib Governorate; Hama Governorate; Latakia Governorate; Homs Governorate (2014–18);
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Size	4,000; (Russian military claim, December 2016) ; 8,500-10,000 fighters (2018 estimate)
Part of	Syrian Revolutionary Command Council (2014–15); Fatah Halab (2015–16); Army of Conquest; (2015–16); Northern Homs Countryside Operations Room; Mare' Operations Room (2014–16); Hawar Kilis Operations Room (since 2016); Northern Hama Countryside Operations Room; ; Revolutionaries of Atarib (March–April 2018); National Front for Liberation (since May 2018);
Allies	Army of Mujahideen; Islamic Front (2014–15); Free Syrian Army; Turkey; Ahrar al-Sham; Tahrir al-Sham (sometimes);
Opponents	Syrian Arab Republic; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Syrian Democratic Forces; Tahrir al-Sham (sometimes); Ahrar al-Sharqiya;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict; Syrian Liberation Front–Tahrir al-Sham conflict; ; 2014 Idlib offensive; Battle of Morek; Battle of Idlib (2015); 2016 Aleppo summer campaign; Operation Euphrates Shield; Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018); Operation Olive Branch; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019); 2022 Ahrar al-Sham–Levant Front clashes;

The Sham Legion (Arabic: فَيْلَق الشَّام, Faylaq al-Shām) is an alliance of Sunni Islamist rebel groups formed in March 2014, during the Syrian Civil War. The alliance was formed from 19 different groups, some of which were previously affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria and the Shields of the Revolution Council.

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