Jaysh al-Sunna | |
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جيش السنة | |
Leaders | Ammar Bouqai[1] |
Dates of operation | 20 March 2015 – 28 January 2017[1] |
Active regions | Homs Governorate Idlib Governorate[1] Aleppo Governorate |
Ideology | Sunni Islamism |
Size | 500+ fighters[1] |
Part of | Army of Conquest[1] Fatah Halab[2] |
Allies | Islamic Front al-Nusra Front Jund al-Aqsa |
Opponents | Syria Iran Russia Hezbollah SSNP Syrian Democratic Forces Liwa Zainebiyoun Liwa Fatemiyoun |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Jaysh al-Sunna (Arabic: جيش السنة) was a Homs-based Islamist rebel group that was established as a merger between different rebel groups, some of which originally came from the Free Syrian Army's Farouq Brigades, and is active during the Syrian Civil War. It joined the Army of Conquest on 24 March 2015, and took part in the Second Battle of Idlib. It lost 14 fighters in the battle.[1]
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