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]