Ansar Fighters Brigade

The Ansar Fighters Brigade^[4] (Arabic: Liwa’ al-Muqatilin al-Ansar)^[1] is a Salafist jihadist group in Idlib Governorate, Syria during the Syrian civil war.

Ansar Fighters Brigade
Arabic: Liwa’ al-Muqatilin al-Ansar[1]
Leaders	Abu al-Malik al-Talli[1]
Dates of operation	approx. early 2020[2] –?
Active regions	Idlib Governorate, Syria[3] Latakia Governorate, Syria[4]
Ideology	Salafi jihadism
Part of	So Be Steadfast Operations Room[3]
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces  Iran Hezbollah Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham[4]
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2020) Northwestern Syria clashes (December 2022 – November 2024)

The head of the group, Abu al-Malik al-Talli, left HTS in April 2020 in protest following a deal between Turkey and Russia that halted the Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019 – March 2020).^[4]

Al-Talli was arrested by HTS on 22 June 2020^[2] and was released later in the year.^[5]

References

1. Aaron Y. Zelin (9 September 2020). "Living Long Enough to See Yourself Become the Villain: The Case of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
2. "Striving for Hegemony: The HTS Crackdown on al-Qaida and Friends in Northwest Syria". Jihadica. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
3. Sirwan Kajjo (15 June 2020). "Jihadists in Syria's Idlib Form New 'Operations Room'". Voice of America. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
4. Harun al-Aswad (27 June 2020). "Civil war within civil war: HTS battles rival militants, defectors in Syria's Idlib". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
5. Ali Darwish (30 September 2021). "Conflicts of interest prevent HTS top leaders' assassination". Enab Baladi. Retrieved 27 December 2024.