Kurdish Islamic Front

Not to be confused with Kurdish Front.
Kurdish Islamic Front
پێشەوەى كوردى ئیسلامی
LeadersAbu Abdullah al-Kurdi[1]
Dates of operation22 November 2013–8 December 2014[2]
IdeologyKurdish Islamism
Salafism[3]
SizeUnknown
Part of Syrian Islamic Front
Islamic Front
AlliesAhrar al-Sham
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly)[3]
Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades
Al-Nusra Front[4]
Army of Mujahideen
Sham Legion[5]
Opponents Syria
People's Protection Units[3]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[5]
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Succeeded by
Ahrar al-Sham[2]

The Kurdish Islamic Front (Kurdish: پێشەوەى كوردى ئیسلامی) was a small Kurdish Islamist armed group founded by Salahuddin al-Kurdi who also served as the group's spokesman and Abu Abdullah al-Kurdi in 2013, operating mainly in eastern Aleppo around al-Bab, the northern parts of the Raqqa Governorate, and the Hasakah Governorate.[1] It fought during the Syrian Civil War and was opposed to the secular Syrian Kurdish government and groups, including those with common goals.[6] The group dissolved and joined Ahrar al-Sham by the end of 2014.

  1. ^ a b "The Politics of the Islamic Front, Part 5: The Kurds". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Islamist Mergers in Syria: Ahrar al-Sham Swallows Suqour al-Sham". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Sinjab, Lina (17 October 2013). "Syria crisis: Guide to armed and political opposition". BBC. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Syrian Kurds' struggle for autonomy threatens rebel effort to oust Assad". New York Times. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Freedom, Human Rights, Rule of Law: The Goals and Guiding Principles of the Islamic Front and Its Allies". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  6. ^ "A tapestry of war". Al-Ahram Weekly. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2014.