Jaish al-Tahrir

Liberation Army
جيش التحرير
Jaysh al-Tahrir

Participant in the Syrian Civil War

Logo of Jaish al-Tahrir

Logo of Jaish al-Tahrir
Active 24 February 2016 – present[1]
Groups
  • Levant Front (Hama)
  • 46th Division
    • 1st Regiment
    • 1st Hama Brigade
    • Saraya al-Haqq
  • 312th Division
  • 9th Brigade
  • Al-Haqq Companies
Leaders
  • Mohammed al-Ghabi (DOW)[2]
  • Alaa Abdel Hay al-Ahmad[3]
  • Raed al-Elewi[4]
Headquarters Kafr Nabl, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Area of operations
Strength 4,000[2]
Part of Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army
Hawar Kilis Operations Room
Fatah Halab
Allies
Opponents
Battles and wars

Syrian Civil War

Jaysh al-Tahrir (Arabic: جيش التحرير) or the Liberation Army, is a Free Syrian Army group operating in the Hama and Aleppo Governorates. The group composed of 5 units, some of which have received BGM-71 TOW missiles from the United States.[5]

History

In July 2016 the al-Nusra Front raided its headquarters in Kafr Nabl and captured 40 fighters, including the group's commander, Mohammed al-Ghabi. They also seized a number of weapons.[2]

The group participated in the Turkish military intervention in Syria. Since October 2016, Jaysh al-Tahrir operates a prisoner-of-war camp in the northern Aleppo Governorate, which holds around 300 prisoners of war from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, implementing Sharia and capital punishment.[6] On 15 October, Mohammed al-Ghabi was severely injured by an ISIL car bombs and died 20 days later. A new commander was named on 10 November.[3]

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