Army of Conquest
Joint command centre of Islamist rebel factions in the Syrian Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Army of Conquest (Arabic: جيش الفتح) or Jaish al-Fatah, abbreviated JaF, was a joint command center of Sunni Islamist Syrian rebel factions participating in the Syrian Civil War.
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Army of Conquest | |
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جيش الفتح | |
Dates of operation | 24 March 2015[1] – 27 January 2017[citation needed] |
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Headquarters | Idlib, Syria |
Active regions | Syria |
Ideology | Sunni Islamism[9] |
Size | 50,000+[10][better source needed] |
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Opponents | |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
The alliance was formed in March 2015 under the supervision and coordination of Saudi cleric Abdullah al-Muhaysini. It consists of Islamist rebel factions mainly active in the Idlib Governorate, with some factions active in the Hama and Latakia Governorates.[9] In the course of the following months, it seized most of Idlib Governorate.[16][17]
The Institute for the Study of War has described Jaish al-Fatah as an "anti-regime" and "anti-Hezbollah" powerbroker operating in the Idlib, Hama, Daraa and Quneitra Governorates.[18] Jaish al-Fatah has been described by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change as an "al-Qaeda led coalition" which was working towards the ultimate goal of creating an "Islamic state."[19]