Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis

Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis
أكناف بيت المقدس
Leaders
  • Abu Ahmed Mushir[2]
  • Abo Hamam[3]
  • Ahmad Zaghmout[4]
Dates of operationc. 2012/13 – 2015 (main group)
2015 – present (remnant faction)
Allegiance Hamas (denied by Hamas)[5]
HeadquartersYarmouk Camp, Damascus
Active regionsSouthern Syria
IdeologySunni Islamism
Size200 (2015)[6]
Allies Jaysh al-Islam
Jaysh al-Ababil
Free Syrian Army
Liwa Sham al-Rasul
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (2018)
Al-Nusra Front (formally)[7]
Al-Rahman Legion[8]
Ahrar al-Sham (2015)[9]
Opponents Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Al-Nusra Front (2015)
Arab Nationalist Guard
Hezbollah
  • Return Forces (Palestinian Hezbollah affiliate)[10]

Palestinian Syrian militias

Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Websiteaknafpal.com[1]

Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis (Arabic: أكناف بيت المقدس, romanized: ʾAknāf Bayt al-Maqdis, lit. "Region of the Holy House") was a Syrian Palestinian rebel group active during the Syrian Civil War.

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  6. ^ "Palestinians flee refugee camp in Damascus as ISIS takes over".
  7. ^ "سوريا :جبريل: تنظيم جبهة "النصرة" الإرهابي تآمر على أكناف بيت المقدس بعد أن اعتبرها حليفة له".
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  10. ^ "The South Damascus Campaign: Interview with Quwat al-Sa'iqa". 27 April 2018.
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  12. ^ "Jihadists of ISIS and Qaeda attack Syrian rebels in Damascus". ARA News. 3 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  13. ^ "كتائب أكناف بيت المقدس وعملياتها في معركة وبشر الصابرين بالقنيطرة وحدة الاعلام المقاوم 5-10-2015". YouTube. 5 October 2015.