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Jaysh al-Izza

The Army of Glory (Arabic: جيش العزة, romanizedJaysh al-Izza), formerly the Union of Glory (Arabic: تجمع العزة, romanized: Tajamu‘ al-‘Izza), is a Sunni Islamist Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army active in northwestern Syria, mainly in the al-Ghab Plain in northern Hama and its surroundings. Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia have supplied the group with anti-tank missiles[1] including 9K111 Fagots and BGM-71 TOWs.[9] The group has also expressed its disapproval of international efforts such as the Astana and Sochi agreements for de-escalating the war in Syria, and has opposed Russia's involvement in the war. Jaysh al-Izza also made efforts to join the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation which includes other prominent Syrian opposition groups in Idlib such as Ahrar al-Sham and the Sham Legion, but did not do so out of complications with the integration about which Jaysh al-Izza's leadership did not elaborate.[10]

Army of Glory

Maj. Jamil al-Saleh (commander-in-Chief[1])
Col. Mustafa al-Bakour[2] (general commander)

Capt. Manaf Maarati (deputy commander, until October 2019)[3]

Capt. Mustafa Maarati (spokesman, until October 2019)[3]

2013–present

  • Homs al-Adiya Brigades

Kafr Nabl area (August 2019-February 2020), Jisr al-Shughur (per pro-government reports),[4] formerly al-Lataminah[1]

  • 3,000 (late 2015)[1]
  • September 2019:
    • 2,500 (HTS defector claim)[5]
    • Over 3,000 (pro-government media claim)[4]
  • ≤3500 (December 2021) [6]

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Twitter account

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YouTube account

https://twitter.com/jamelalsaleh0/