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Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union

The Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union (Arabic: الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام, al-ittihad al-islami li-ajnad al-sham, "Islamic Union of the Soldiers of the Levant") was an alliance of Sunni Islamist groups affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood[9] that was active in the Rif Dimashq Governorate during the Syrian Civil War.[5]

Not to be confused with Ajnad al-Sham.

Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام

Faysal al-Shami  †[1]
Abu Muhammad al-Fatah (until November 2015)[2][3]

2 December 2013[4] – May 2018

Rif Dimashq Governorate

Sunni Islamism[5]

15,000 (self-claim, 2014)[3]

Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta (2014–15)[6]

Martyrs of Islam Brigade
Ahrar al-Sham

Syrian Armed Forces[7]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Civil War

List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War