Jaysh al-Jihad

Not to be confused with Army of the Holy War.

Jaysh al-Jihad
Leaders	Abu Mussab Al-Fanussy
Dates of operation	February 2015 – present
Headquarters	Al-Qahtaniyah, Quneitra
Active regions	Quneitra Governorate and Daraa Governorate, Syria
Ideology	Salafi Jihadism
Part of	Islamic State
Allies	Islamic State Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade File:Emblem of the Islamic Muthanna Movement.svg Islamic Muthanna Movement
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces File:National Defence Force Syria Logo.jpg National Defense Force Ahrar ash-Sham File:Southern Front logo.jpg Southern Front al-Nusra Front File:Jaysh al-Islam logo.jpg Jaysh al-Islam
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War

Jaysh al-Jihad (Jihad Army) is a rebel group in Quneitra Governorate. The group formed from the merger of 7 small independent groups and factions that defected from Nusra Front after it clashed with the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade in December 2014. These groups were: Jihad Brigades, Jamaat Jund al-Islam, Jamaat Abu Baseer, Mujahideen of al-Sham movement, Jamaat Shabab Ahl al-Sunnah, Nurayn Brigade, and Jamaat Bunyan al-Marsous.

The group had been accused by other Syrian rebel groups of being affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). In April 2015, violent clashes broke out between the group and the Free Syrian Army and al-Nusra Front, after Jaish al-Jihad militants ambushed and killed six FSA fighters at a checkpoint in Quneitra. By 6 May 2015, Nusra and other rebel groups announced that they had cleared al-Qahtaniyah and Quneitra city of Jaysh al-Jihad forces.

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War