Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
| Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union الاتحاد الإسلامي لأجناد الشام |
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| Participant in Syrian Civil War | |
 Official logo of Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union |
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| Active | 2 December 2013 – present |
| Ideology | Islamism |
| Leaders | Faysal al-Shami † Abu Mohammed al-Fateh (former) |
| Area of operations | Beit Jinn/Mazraat Beit Jinn//Maghar al-Mir pocket & Yarmouk Camp(as of March 2017) |
| Part of |
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council (dissolved) Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta (dissolved) Jund al-Malahm (dissolved) al Marj Operations Room (dissolved) |
| Allies |
Army of Mujahedeen Sham Legion Alweiat Al-Furqan Islamic Front (dissolved) Jaysh al-Islam |
| Opponents |
Syrian Armed Forces Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Battles and wars | |
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") is an alliance of some of the Islamist groups that have been active during the Syrian Civil War. The organization expressed support for the Geneva II talks.
On 18 February 2016, its fighters based in eastern Ghouta announced the "full incorporation" of its fighters into al-Rahman Legion, though reiterating that its fighters based in the western Damascus suburbs of Darayya and Moadammiyyeh as well as in southern Damascus would still operate under the Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union banner and where not a part of this merger.
On 26 February 2016, Syrian Army Special Forces killed the second leader of Ajnad al-Sham, Faysal al-Shami ("Abu Malek") after intense clashes in the Darayya Association Quarter.
On 19 March 2017, its Idlib branch merged with Sham Legion. These fighters represented the indivudals that left Darayya and Moadammiyyeh between August and October 2016 as part of the evacuation deal to Idlib.
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