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Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham (Arabic: جماعة أنصار الفرقان في بلاد الشام; lit. "Supporters of the Criterion in the Levant") was an armed jihadist group that was active in Syria which was established in the fall of 2017 by former members of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar.[5] The group was reportedly led by the son of al-Qaeda's founder Osama bin Laden, Hamza bin Laden.[1][9]
| Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham | |
|---|---|
| جماعة أنصار الفرقان في بلاد الشام | |
Logo used by the group | |
| Leaders | Hamza bin Laden † (allegedly)[1][unreliable source?] Abu Julaybib †[2][3][4][unreliable source?] |
| Dates of operation | 9 October 2017–November 2017 |
| Group(s) | Former Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, Jabhat al-Nusra, and ISIL elements[5] |
| Ideology | Islamism Anti-communism |
| Allies |  al-Qaeda |
| Opponents |  Georgia Turkey Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army[2] Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Russia Syria United States United Kingdom Shiite Militias[6][7] |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
In the group's charter it claimed to be at war with the government of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey, the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army, Russia, Shias and atheists. The charter also outlined the group's opposition to both democratic and communist governments and opposition to the various current Arab governments, most of whom are secular.[7] The group had called upon various jihadist factions to unite and focus on fighting common enemies and had recruited many veteran jihadist fighters from such groups in Syria.[1][unreliable source?] The group also reportedly had a large number of veteran al-Qaeda fighters from the Arabian Peninsula and South Asia.[10]
After the group's formation, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrested the group's leadership in November 2017, as well as Sami al-Oraydi who left HTS, whom was formerly al-Nusra's top Sharia official, after the arrests Ansar al-Furqan and HTS agreed not to weaken or compete with each other, until the later establishment of the Guardians of Religion Organization led by several HTS defectors and al-Qaeda loyalists including Sami al-Oraydi.[11]
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