Sham Legion
| Sham Legion | |
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فيلق الشام Participant in the Syrian Civil War |
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 Logo of the Sham Legion  Flag of the Sham Legion |
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| Active | 10 March 2014 – present |
| Ideology |
Sunni Islamism Salafism |
| Leaders | |
| Area of operations |
Homs Governorate, Syria Hama Governorate, Syria Idlib Governorate, Syria Aleppo Governorate Syria |
| Strength | 4,000 (December 2016) |
| Part of |
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council Fatah Halab Northern Homs Countryside Operations Room Hawar Kilis Operations Room Mare' Operations Room Army of Conquest Rad al-Mazalem North Hama Countryside Operations Room |
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| Battles and wars | |
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The Sham Legion (Arabic: فيلق الشام, Faylaq Al-Sham), also known as Homs Legion, is an alliance of Sunni Islamist rebel groups which formed in order to consolidate the strength of moderate Islamists during the Syrian Civil War. The alliance was formed from 19 different groups, some of which were previously affiliated with the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and Shields of the Revolution Council.
On 26 April 2015, along with other major Aleppo based groups, they established the Fatah Halab joint operations room.
The group participates at the Jarabulus offensive led by Turkey, which started on 24 August 2016 and aims to push the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State out of the Shahba region of northern Aleppo.
Sham Legion was at one point a US-vetted opposition group and received BGM-71 TOW missiles.
On 28 January 2016, Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement's branch working with Hawar Kilis Operations Room defected to Sham Legion.
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