Global InformationSham Liberation Army information
| Sham Liberation Army | |
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| جيش تحرير الشام Jaysh Tahrir al-Sham | |
 Logo of Saraya Ahl al-Sham, which the Sham Liberation Army is a member group | |
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| Dates of operation | 30 September 2015 – present[citation needed] |
| Headquarters | Afrin, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (Since 2018)[citation needed] |
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| Size | 400 (August 2017 - Saraya Ahl al-Sham total)[6] |
| Allies |  Turkey (since 2018) Tahrir al-Sham[citation needed] Ahrar al-Sham Al-Rahman Legion Free Syrian Army |
| Opponents |  Syria Iran Russia Lebanon (2017) Galilee Forces Hezbollah Islamic State (since February 2016) Jaysh al-Islam Arab Nationalist Guard SSNP LAAG |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War
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The Sham Liberation Army (Arabic: جيش تحرير الشام, romanized: Jaysh Tahrir al-Sham), originally called the Sham Liberation Brigade (Arabic: لواء تحرير الشام, romanized: Liwa Tahrir al-Sham), is an armed rebel group active in the Syrian Civil War. It was founded and is led by Firas Bitar, a former Syrian Army captain who defected from the Syrian Army in 2012. Until 2016, its sole opponent was the Syrian Armed Forces and its allied militias;[7] it rejected any fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant until ISIL attacked its fighters in February 2016.[8]
In September 2015, the Sham Liberation Army and other rebel groups in the Qalamoun Mountains formed Saraya Ahl al-Sham (Arabic: سرايا أهل الشام; Company of the People of the Levant).[1]
- ^ a b c "Syria rebels form new Qalamoun coalition". Now News. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Syrian Jihadists Signal Intent for Lebanon". Institute for the Study of War. 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Shells hit Damascus area as Assad attends prayers". AP. 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Syrian opposition regains upper hand in Qalamoun". Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Assad shown unharmed after Syria rebels report attack". Reuters. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "Last rebel faction leaves mountains on Syrian-Lebanese border alongside displaced". Syria Direct. 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Syrian opposition regains upper hand in Qalamoun". Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. 20 April 2015.
- ^ ""Sham Liberation" Army issued a statement declaring his position of "state regulation"". Al-Souria. 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.