Lions of the East Army | |
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جيش أسود الشرقية Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiya | |
Leaders | |
Dates of operation | August 2014 – present |
Active regions | Since April 2018:
Until April 2018: |
Ideology | See ideology section |
Size | |
Part of | Authenticity and Development Front (formerly)[2] Southern Front (formerly) [6] |
Allies | Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo Revolutionary Commando Army[7] Army of Free Tribes Jaysh al-Islam Al-Qaratayn Martyrs Brigade |
Opponents | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Syrian Armed Forces |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Website | https://asoodalsharqia.wordpress.com/ |
The Lions of the East Army (Arabic: جيش أسود الشرقية; Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiya) is a Syrian rebel group formerly affiliated with the Free Syrian Army's Southern Front[6] that was formed in August 2014 and is based in southeastern Syria. Many of the group's fighters are al-Shaitat tribesmen from the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. The group was also active in Damascus city between January and July 2015, when its unit in Damascus merged into Jaysh al-Islam's 8th Brigade.[2] It mainly focused on defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the eastern Syrian Desert, where it gained control over large areas since 2016.[4][2]
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