Jihad Coordination

Jihad Coordination^[4] (Arabic: تنسيق الجهاد, romanized: Tansiqiyat al-Jihad)^[5] (also commonly translated as al-Jihad Coordination)^[3] is a Salafist jihadist militant group in Idlib Governorate, Syria during the Syrian civil war. The group has been led by Abu al-Abd Ashidaa since it formed.^[6]

Jihad Coordination
Arabic: تنسيق الجهاد Tansiqiyat al-Jihad
Leaders	Abu al-Abd Ashidaa[1]
Dates of operation	Spring 2020[2]–?
Headquarters	Western Aleppo[1]
Active regions	Idlib Governorate, Syria[3] Latakia Governorate, Syria[4]
Ideology	Salafi jihadism
Part of	So Be Steadfast Operations Room[5]
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)

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 25 December 2024.
2. "Striving for Hegemony: The HTS Crackdown on al-Qaida and Friends in Northwest Syria". Jihadica. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
3. Sirwan Kajjo (15 June 2020). "Jihadists in Syria's Idlib Form New 'Operations Room'". Voice of America. Retrieved 25 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 25 December 2024.
5. Will Christou; Walid Al Nofal (25 June 2020). "Infighting between extremist opposition groups reveals tension with HTS rule in Idlib". Syria Direct. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
6. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (15 April 2020). "Interview with Abu al-Abd Ashidaa". Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi blog. Retrieved 25 December 2024.