Green Battalion

The Green Battalion (Arabic: الكتيبة الخضراء, al-Katiba al-Khadra) was a jihadist group that was active during the Syrian Civil War.^[10] Formed in 2013 by a group of Saudi veterans of the Iraq War and Afghanistan war,^[4] the group fought alongside Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against Syrian government forces, while remaining independent and neutral in the dispute between ISIL and other groups.^[4] The group announced on 25 July 2014 that it became part of Jabhat Ansar al-Din.^[6] The group claimed allegiance to Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar around October 2014.^[3]

Green Battalion
الكتيبة الخضراء al-Katiba al-Khadra
Logo (above) & flag (below) of the Green Battalion
Leaders	Abu Muhjin al-Omani † [1]
Dates of operation	August 2013 [2]- ~ October 2014[3]
Active regions	Damascus Governorate,[4] Syria Homs Governorate,[2] Syria
Ideology	Salafist jihadism[5]
Part of	Jabhat Ansar al-Din[6][7]
Allies	Al-Nusra Front  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[4]
Opponents	Syria  Hezbollah[4]
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Qalamoun[4][8] Battle of Aleppo[5]
Designated as a terrorist group by	United Arab Emirates[9]
Succeeded by Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar[3]

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

References

1. "Military commander of 'Green Battalion', al-Qaeda affiliate killed in Qalamoun". Zaman Alwsl. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
2. "Muhajireen Battalions in Syria". 13 December 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
3. "Video: Saudi Faction Swears Allegiance To Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar Emir". From Chechnya To Syria. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
4. "ISIS joins other rebels to thwart Syria regime push near Lebanon". McClatchy. 4 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
5. "The new face of the Syrian rebellion". The Arab Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
6. "Syria Update: July 17 - 25, 2014". Institute for the Study of War Syria Updates. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
7. "Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar Capture Claimed "Assad Spies" In Aleppo". From Chechnya To Syria. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
8. "The Other Syrian Peace Process". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
9. "UAE Cabinet approves list of designated terrorist organisations, groups". 16 November 2014.
10. "The moderate rebels: A needle in a haystack". Al Akhbar (Lebanon). 29 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

External links

• Green Battalion on Twitter (in Arabic)