Jaish al-Fatah

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Jaish al-Fatah

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جيش الفتح
army of conquest
Lineup March 24, 2015
Country Syria
Armed forces Individual units:
Strength 10,000+
Insinuation Islamic front
Butcher civil war in Syria

Army of Conquest (including Jaish al-Fatah , Arabic جيش الفتح Jaish al-Fath , DMG Ǧaiš al-Fatḥ  'Army of Conquest / Army of Victory') is a military alliance in the civil war in Syria , which is composed of a number of Syrian - Islamist rebel groups. It declared its establishment on March 24, 2015. The primary goal of this alliance is the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad .

Development since the foundation of the alliance

On March 23, Allianz launched an offensive and captured the capital of the Idlib governorate of the same name on April 25, 2015 in the battle for Idlib 2015 .

At the end of April 2015, Jaish Al-Fatah started another offensive in the vicinity of the city of Jisr el-Shughur and captured this strategically important city on April 28, 2015 in cooperation with the Free Syrian Army .

On May 28, 2015, the city of Ariha and the surrounding villages were completely conquered by the rebel alliance within just 3 hours , according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights .

Organization and areas of application

Established by Turkey

The Army of Conquest was the opinion of the Atlantic Council as one of the Turkey -run project, as part of a new strategy with Saudi Arabia was devised in 2015 to the overthrow of President Assad after the United States wanted to support any Islamist groups.

construction

The Jaish al-Fatah coalition is modeled on the southern front of the Free Syrian Army and, like this, is primarily intended to fight the Assad government. The Ahrar al-Sham are the largest rebel group within Jaish al-Fatah, there are also small battalions of the Muslim Brotherhood (Syria) and the coalition consists of parts of the Al-Nusra Front . The alliance cooperates with the Free Syrian Army and is subordinate to the high command of the Islamic Front .

Jaish al-Fatah is mainly active in Idlib Governorate and in small parts in Hama Governorate and Latakia Governorate .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 'Army of Conquest' rebel alliance pressures Syria regime . In: Daily Mail . April 28, 2015. Retrieved on May 2, 2015: “The coalition, whose formation was announced in March, comprises a range of mostly Islamist groups, the most prominent being the powerful Islamist Ahrar al-Sham […] Other important members include Faylaq al-Sham, a coalition of Muslim Brotherhood-linked battalions, and Jund al-Aqsa, a small jihadist group. "
  2. ^ Al Qaeda and allies form coalition to battle Syrian regime in Idlib , Long War Journal. March 24, 2015. 
  3. ↑ News Update 3-25-15 . longwarjournal. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  4. ^ France24: New Islamist alliance seizes Idlib from Syrian troops
  5. ^ A b Anne Barnard, Hwaida Saad: Islamists Seize Control of Syrian City in Northwest . The New York Times. April 25, 2015. Retrieved on April 27, 2015: "Images posted by fighters and antigovernment activists showed insurgents, including some with Fursan al-Haq, a Free Syrian Army group, using what appeared to be guided antitank missiles to blow up armored vehicles in the battles in Idlib Province in recent days. "
  6. ↑ Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Al-Fateh Army takes control over the whole city of Ariha in Idlib
  7. ↑ AP: "Turkey Unlikely to Drop Syria Rebels in Latest Realignment" New York Times, August 9, 2016
  8. ↑ Syrian rebels fight Syrian army near Assad heartland . In: Newsweek . April 30, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015: "As the biggest group in Army of Fatah, Ahrar al-Sham appears to hold the key to preventing infighting."
  9. ↑ Thomas Joselyn: Al Qaeda, jihadist allies declare victory over Syrian regime in key City. In: The Long War Journal, April 25, 2015
  10. ^ Rebels seek to storm Idlib amid chemical fears , NOW. March 25, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.