Junud al-Makhdi

Katibat Junud al-Makhdi
LeadersSayfuddin al-Tatari
Dates of operationJuly 2016 - Present
Group(s)Jamaat Bulgar
Jaish al-Shomal al-Islami
HeadquartersLatakia Governorate, Syria
Active regionsLatakia Governorate, Syria
Ideology
Size400
Allies Tahrir al-Sham
Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
Syrian Turkmen Brigades
Opponents Syria
 Russia
 United States
 Iran
Hezbollah
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

Katibat Junud al-Makhdi (commonly referred to as just Junud al-Makhdi) is an active armed jihadist group created by a merger of two smaller groups operating in Northern Syria, composed exclusively of Tatar and Bashkir fighters mainly from Tatarstan and Bashkortostan as well as other areas in Russia with Tatar and Bashkir populations.

  1. ^ Caleb Weiss (11 July 2016). "Foreign jihadists advertise role in Latakia fighting". FDD's Long War Journal. Retrieved 6 August 2018.