Army of Aleppo

Army of Aleppo
جيش حلب
Jaysh Halab
LeadersHashim al-Sheikh ("Abu Jaber")[1]

(February 2016)
Abu Abdul Rahman Noor †[2]
Omar Abdul-Razaq ("Abu Bashar al-Mara")(overall commander, since December 2016)

Abu al-Abd Ashidaa[3] (Emir, since December 2016 - also heads Ashida'a Mujahideen Brigade)[4][2][5]
Dates of operation
  • February 2016 – ? (first group)
  • 1 December 2016 – 21 December 2016 (second group)
HeadquartersAleppo, Syria
Active regionsAleppo, Syria
Allies Army of Conquest
Fatah Halab
Jabhat Ansar al-Din
Opponents
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Preceded by
Fatah Halab (became the 2nd iteration of Jaysh al-Halab, southeastern Aleppo)

The Jaysh Halab (Arabic: جيش حلب, lit. 'Army of Aleppo') was a coalition of Syrian rebel groups based in rebel-held areas inside the city of Aleppo, Syria. The coalition was created by Hashim al-Sheikh, the former general commander of Ahrar ash-Sham with the intent of unifying various rebel groups in Aleppo.[1] After the announcement, nothing was heard of the group until December 2016.

  1. ^ a b c "Aleppo rebels rally around former Ahrar leader". Now News. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Factions in Aleppo announce forming the "Unified Army of Aleppo"". RFS Media Office. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ^ "New speech by Abu al-Abd Ashidaa, the new "emir of Aleppo" (can someone please translate?) • /r/syriancivilwar". 9 December 2016.
  4. ^ "أبو العبد أشداء (@join_alfateh1) - Twitter".
  5. ^ "izat on Twitter".