Mujahideen Shura Council (Syria)

Mujahideen Shura Council of the Eastern Area
مجلس شورى مجاهدي الشرقية
Participant in the Syrian civil war

Logo of the Mujahideen Shura Council
Active 25 May 2014[1]–Present
Groups Al-Nusra Front
Jaysh al-Islam
Ahrar ash-Sham
Army of Ahl al-Sunni wall Jamaa
Authenticity and Development Front
al-Qa'qa'
Jabhat al-Jihad wal-Bina
Bayarq al Shaaitat
Liwa al-Qadisiya
Army of Maoata al-Islami
Army of-Ikhlas
Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar
Headquarters Deir ez-Zor, Syria[2]
Area of operations Syria
Allies Free Syrian Army
Opponents Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[2]
Battles and wars Syrian opposition-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict

The Mujahideen Shura Council (Arabic: مجلس شورى مجاهدي الشرقية Majlis Shūrā Mujāhidīn ash-Sharqīyah, meaning "Shura Council of the Mujahideen of the Eastern Area", also known by the Arabic acronym Mishmish), is a coalition of Islamist rebel groups in Deir ez-Zor which formed in order to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Syrian Civil War.[2] The leader of the coalition was killed by ISIL around 12 June 2014.[3]

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