On 28 January 2017, following violent clashes with Ahrar al-Sham and other rebel groups, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham merged with four other groups to form Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a new Sunni Islamist militant group.

In July 2016, al-Nusra formally re-branded from Jabhat al-Nusra to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ('Front for the Conquest of the Levant'). In March 2015, the group joined with other jihadist groups to form the Army of Conquest. In December 2012, the United States Department of State designated it a foreign terrorist organization, and in April 2013, it became the official Syrian branch of al-Qaeda.

The group has changed its name several times and merged with and separated from other groups.įormed in 2012, in November of that year The Washington Post described al-Nusra as 'the most aggressive and successful' of the rebel forces. Its aim was to establish an Islamic state in the country. Front for the Conquest of Syria/the Levant) after July 2016, and also described as al-Qaeda in Syria or al-Qaeda in the Levant, was a Salafist jihadist terrorist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War. Front of the Supporters of the People of Syria/the Levant), known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ( Arabic: جبهة فتح الشام lit.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Īl-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra ( Arabic: جبهة النصرة لأهل الشام, romanized: Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-Ahl ish-Sham lit.

Islamic State and Islamic State affiliates

Battle of Arsal (2014) Military intervention against ISIL.

Idlib Governorate clashes (2017) Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon.

2015 Idlib offensive ( Second Battle of Idlib ).

al-Nusra Front–Syria Revolutionaries Front conflict.

Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War.

Quneitra Governorate clashes (2012–2014).

Salafist jihadism (a form of Islamic fundamentalism ).

Syria (Primarily in Northwest Syria, around the Idlib and Aleppo Provinces)

Idlib, Idlib Governorate, Syria (March 2015 – January 2017).

Salqin, Idlib Governorate, (November 2014 – March 2015).

Harem, Idlib Governorate, (February–November 2014).

Deir ez-Zor, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, (2012–2014).Flag of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (July 2016 – January 2017)Ību Hajer al-Homsi † (top military commander) Ību Omar al-Turkistani † (top military commander) Ģ3 January 2012 – 28 January 2017

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