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Al-Nusra Front–Syria Revolutionaries Front conflict

Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict
Part of the Syrian Civil War and the
Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
Map of the al-Nusra Front–SRF Hazzm Movement conflict.svg
Map of the territorial expansion of al-Nusra during the conflict.

     Al-Nusra territory before offensive

     Al-Nusra territory after offensive
Date 26 October 2014 – 1 March 2015
(4 months and 3 days)
Location Northwestern Syria
Result

Decisive Al-Nusra Front victory

  • Al-Nusra captures the entire Zawiya Mountain, seven towns in other provinces and three military bases
  • Most SRF fighters defect or desert, while the Hazzm Movement is dissolved
Belligerents

Al-Nusra Front
Jund al-Aqsa

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syria Free Syrian Army

Commanders and leaders

Abu Mohammad al-Julani
(Al-Nusra Front leader)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL)
Jamal Maarouf
(SRF leader)

Bilal Atar
(Hazzm Movement leader)
Abdullah Awda
(Hazzm Movement leader)
Units involved
Unknown

Syria Revolutionaries Front

Hazzm Movement
Strength
6,100–7,100 fighters total Several thousand
Casualties and losses
40+ killed, 25 captured 80+ killed, hundreds defected or fled

     Al-Nusra territory before offensive

Decisive Al-Nusra Front victory

Al-Nusra Front
Jund al-Aqsa

Syria Free Syrian Army

Abu Mohammad al-Julani
(Al-Nusra Front leader)

Syria Revolutionaries Front

The al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict started in late October 2014, during the Syrian Civil War, in Idlib and Aleppo governorates, during which al-Nusra attempted to establish an Islamic state rival to that of ISIL. Despite this, the al-Nusra Front and Free Syrian Army factions continued to cooperate in the southern Syrian governorates of Quneitra and Daraa.


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