Syrian Liberation Front

Not to be confused with Syrian Front for Liberation, Syrian Islamic Liberation Front, or National Front for the Liberation of Syria.
Syrian Liberation Front
Arabic: جبهة تحرير سوريا
Jabhat Tahrir Suriya
Leaders
  • Hassan Soufan[1] (general commander)
  • Sheikh Tawfiq Shahabuddin[2]
    (deputy commander and Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander)
  • Hussam Atrash[2]
    (head of political bureau)
  • Capt. Khalid Abu Yaman[2]
    (military commander)
  • Jaber Ali Pasha ("Abu Bara")[3]
    (Ahrar al-Sham deputy commander)
Dates of operation18 February 2018 – present
Group(s)
Active regionsSyria
IdeologySunni Islamism[5]
Part ofRevolutionaries of Atarib (2018)[6]
Maarrat al-Nu'man Military Council (2018)[7]
National Front for Liberation (since August 2018)[8]
AlliesTurkey Turkey[9]
Syrian National Army
Jaysh al-Ahrar
Suqour al-Sham Brigades[10]
Tahrir al-Sham (sometimes, ceasefire since April 2018)
Opponents Syrian Armed Forces[1]

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Syrian Democratic Forces

Tahrir al-Sham (ceasefire since April 2018)[11]
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

Syrian Liberation Front (Arabic: Syria Liberation Front, Jabhat Tahrir Suriya, 'JTS' ) is a Syrian Islamist rebel group that was formed in early 2018.[13] and is based out of the Aleppo Governorate in northwestern Syria.

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  10. ^ "Syrian War Daily – 21st of February 2018". Syrian War Daily. 21 February 2018.
  11. ^ Waleed Khaled a-Noufal; Tariq Adely (22 February 2018). "Two of the largest factions in Syria's northwest merge, challenge HTS dominance". Syria Direct. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  12. ^ Lindsey Snell (30 July 2018). "The Last of the Syrian Good-Guy Rebels". The Daily Beast.
  13. ^ "No imminent decision". Nexis Uni. Alef Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 2 May 2019.[permanent dead link‍]