Not to be confused with Islamic Front (Syria) or Syrian Islamic Liberation Front.
Syrian Islamic Front الجبهة الإسلامية السورية Al-Jabha Al-Islamiyya Al-Suriyya
Logo of the Syrian Islamic Front
Leaders
Hassan Aboud † (Ahrar ash-Sham)
Dates of operation
December 2012 – November 2013
Group(s)
Ahrar ash-Sham
Ansar al-Sham
Liwa al-Haqq
Jaysh at-Tawheed
Kataib Hamza ibn Abdulmutallib Brigade
Al-Fajr Islamic Movement
Jaysh Al-Tawhid & 4 others
Active regions
Syria
Ideology
Salafi Islamism[1]
Size
25,000 (Dec. 2012, own claim)[2] – 13,000[3] (May 2013)
Allies
Al-Nusra Front (formerly)[4] Free Syrian Army[5][6]
Opponents
Syria People's Protection Units (YPG)[7]
Battles and wars
2012–2013 escalation of the Syrian Civil War
Succeeded by Islamic Front
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The Syrian Islamic Front (Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية السوريةal-Jabhah al-Islāmiyya as-Sūriyyah; abbreviated SIF) was an Insurgent umbrella organisation alliance of various Sunni Salafi Islamist Rebel factions against the Bashar al-Assad in Syria the organisation objective is transformation of Syria into an Islamic state under Sharia law.[8]
Its largest group was the Salafist Ahrar ash-Sham, which reportedly "led" and "dominated" the Front.[9] In November 2013, the Syrian Islamic Front was dissolved, as the organization was replaced by the Islamic Front.[10]
^Aron Lund, Syria's Salafi Insurgents: the Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front Archived 31 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Swedish Institute for International Affairs, 19 March 2013
^Aron Lund (17 June 2013). "Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria's rebels". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^"The Structure and Organization of the Syrian Opposition | Center for American Progress". Americanprogress.org. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^"Syrian Rebels Break With Group Over Qaeda Wing Alliance". NY Times. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^"Freedom, Human Rights, Rule of Law: The Goals and Guiding Principles of the Islamic Front and Its Allies". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^Sowell, Kirk (3 September 2013). "The fragmenting FSA". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^"Insurgents Declare War on Syria's Kurds". SyriaReport. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^Aron Lund, Syria's Salafi Insurgents: the Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front Archived 31 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Swedish Institute for International Affairs, 19 March 2013
^Sly, Liz (6 September 2013). "Syrian Islamists protest U.S. strikes; Americans exit embassy in Beirut". New York Times. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^"Syria crisis: Guide to armed and political opposition". BBC. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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People's Protection Units (YPG)[7]