Ansar al-Din Front

Supporters of the Religion Front
جبهة أنصار الدين Ansar al-Din
Leaders	Abu Abdullah al-Fajr[1] Abu Abdullah al-Shami[2]
Dates of operation	25 July 2014 – 28 January 2017[3] 1 February 2018 – present (splinter faction)[4]
Group(s)	(Member groups of Ansar al-Din Front - Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya) Liwa Suyuf al-Sham (greater Idlib area)[5][better source needed] Islamic Dawn Movement of the Levant al-Murabitin Battalion Osama Battalion Abu Ali Yemeni Battalion Abu Hilal Zitan Battalion Abna Sharia[6] Ansar al-Haqq Fursan al-Iman[7]
Active regions	Aleppo Governorate Idlib Governorate Hama Governorate Latakia Governorate[8]
Ideology	Salafist jihadism[9]
Size	1,000[1]
Part of	Tahrir al-Sham[10] So Be steadfast Operations Room
Allies	Al-Nusra Front Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Ahrar al-Sham
Opponents	Syria Syrian Democratic Forces Hezbollah Liwa Fatemiyoun  Iran
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016)[11] Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016) Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015) Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015)[12] Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015)[13] 2016 Hama offensive Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019) Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2020)

Jabhat Ansar al-Din^[8] (Arabic: جبهة أنصار الدين, The Supporters of the Religion Front) is a jihadist alliance that announced itself on 25 July 2014, during the Syrian Civil War.^[3] The alliance contains two groups: Harakat Sham al-Islam and Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya; it had declared that was not affiliated with any other "parties".^[3] The Green Battalion was originally a signatory, but around October 2014, it swore allegiance to the leader of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar and was integrated into that faction.^[14] The alliance had attempted to maintain neutrality in the conflict between ISIL and other groups.^[8] On January 28, 2017, it joined with numerous other factions to form Tahrir al-Sham,^[15] though portions of it left HTS in February 2018.^[10]

The groups involved in the coalition have diverse memberships; Harakat Fajr Sham al-Islamiya numbers mostly Syrians from the Aleppo area,^[16] while Harakat Sham al-Islam was formed around a core of Moroccan fighters,^[17] the Green Battalion mainly had fighters from Saudi Arabia^[17] and Jaish al-Mujahireen wal-Ansar was formed by Chechen and other Russian-speaking fighters.^[18] On 23 September 2015, Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar left and joined Jabhat al-Nusra.^[19]