Sham Legion

Sham Legion
فيلق الشام Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Logo of the Sham Legion Flag of the Sham Legion
Active	10 March 2014 – present[1]
Ideology	Moderate Islamism[1]
Leaders	Mondher Saras[1]
Area of operations	Homs Governorate, Syria Hama Governorate, Syria Idlib Governorate, Syria Aleppo Governorate Syria[1]
Strength	4,000[2]
Part of	Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[3] Fatah Halab[4] Northern Homs Countryside Operations Room[5] Hawar Kilis Operations Room Mare' Operations Room[6] Army of Conquest (formerly)[7] Rad al-Mazalem[8][9][10][11]
Allies	Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union Army of Mujahedeen Islamic Front[12] Syrian Turkmen Brigades Al-Nusra Front
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces Islamic State[12] Syrian Democratic Forces
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Idlib Battle of Mork[1] Al-Nusra Front–Syria Revolutionaries Front conflict Second Battle of Idlib[13]

The Sham Legion (Arabic: فيلق الشام‎, Faylaq Al-Sham^[1]), also known as Homs Legion, is an alliance of Islamist rebel groups which formed in order to consolidate the strength of moderate Islamists during the Syrian Civil War.^[1] The alliance was formed from 19 different groups,^[14] some of which were previously affiliated with the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and Shields of the Revolution Council.^[1]

On 26 April 2015, along with other major Aleppo based groups, they established the Fatah Halab joint operations room.^[4][15]

Member groups

• Fatiheen Brigade
• Eman Brigade
• Sihem al-Haq Brigade^[1]
• Northern Brigade^[16]

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

References

1. "The Sham Legion: Syria’s Moderate Islamists". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
2. "Yes, there are 70,000 moderate opposition fighters in Syria". Spectator Blogs. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
3. "New alliance could signal end of Islamic Front". As-Safir. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
4. "The biggest rebel factions in Aleppo just formed coalition "Operation Conquest of Aleppo". Source is a facebook video uploaded 20 mins ago by the Syrian Revolution 2011 facebook page. : syriancivilwar". reddit.
5. "WinningLooksLike comments on FSA, Jabhat a-Nusra ally in north Homs ahead of expected Russian-backed offensive". reddit.
6. "Factions involved in North Aleppo's Opposition/SDF Conflict". Archicivilians. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
7. "Syrian rebel group says exits Islamist alliance to refocus fight". Reuters. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
8. https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/721936076928114689
9. https://twitter.com/Rd_Almzalm
10. https://www.facebook.com/rd.almzalm/
11. https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/field-report-islamist-rebels-attack-syrian-army-hama-map-update/
12. "Freedom, Human Rights, Rule of Law: The Goals and Guiding Principles of the Islamic Front and Its Allies". Democratic Revolution, Syrian Style. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
13. "Rebels launch full-on assault of Idlib city". Syria Direct. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
14. "Nineteen Syrian Opposition Groups Unite under ’Al-Sham Legion’". Syria 360°. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
15. "Fateh Haleb Coalition Member Organizations List : syriancivilwar". reddit.
16. "archicivilians". Twitter.

External links

• Sham Legion on Twitter (Arabic)
• Sham Legion's English Youtube Channel