The White Shroud | |
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Al-Kafn Al-Abyad | |
Dates of operation | 2014 – Unknown[1] |
Group(s) |
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Headquarters | Abu Kamal |
Active regions | Deir ez-Zor Governorate[1] |
Ideology | Sunni Islam[1] |
Size | Several Dozen[2] |
Part of | Authenticity and Development Front |
Opponents | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[1] |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Succeeded by Lions of the East Army |
The White Shroud was a Sunni Syrian resistance movement established in 2014 to fight the occupation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. It claimed responsibility for assassinations of ISIL militants and commanders, and built a presence in the area of Deir ez-Zor. The organisation lost many of its fighters in an ISIL assault on Abu Kamal in April 2014.[1]