Strength 4,000
(December 2016) Founded 10 March 2014 | Headquarters Syria | |
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Active 10 March 2014 – present Ideology Sunni Islamism
Salafism Groups Fatiheen Brigade
Eman Brigade
Sihem al-Haq Brigade
Northern Brigade
10th Coastal Brigade
Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union Leaders Leader: Mondher Saras
Top Commander: Col. Mohammad Bakkar †
Field Commander: Zuheir Harba †
Senior Commander: Feisal Balkash † Area of operations Homs Governorate, Syria
Hama Governorate, Syria
Idlib Governorate, Syria
Aleppo Governorate, Syria Allies Free Syrian Army, Islamic Front, Army of Mujahideen, Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union, Syrian Turkmen Brigades Areas of operations Homs Governorate, Syria, Hama Governorate, Idlib Governorate, Aleppo Governorate Battles and wars Syrian civil war, 2014 Idlib offensive Opponents Syrian Armed Forces, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Syrian Democratic Forces | ||
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 the Sham Legion.
On 19 March 2017, Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union Idlib branch merged with Sham Legion. These fighters possibly represent the indivudals that left Darayya and Moadammiyyeh between August and October 2016 as part of the evacuation deal to Idlib.
On 28 February 2017, it's northern Aleppo Governorate branch dissolved to form the Revolutionary Knights Brigade.