Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis

Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis
Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis
أكناف بيت المقدس
	Hamas flag, used by Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis alongside other logos
Leaders	Abu Ahmed Mushir; Abo Hamam; Ahmad Zaghmout;
Dates of operation	c. 2012/13 – 2015 (main group); 2015 – present (remnant faction)
Allegiance	Hamas (denied by Hamas)
Headquarters	Yarmouk Camp, Damascus
Active regions	Southern Syria
Ideology	Sunni Islamism; Islamic fundamentalism
Size	200 (2015)
Allies	Jaysh al-Islam; Jaysh al-Ababil; Liwa Sham al-Rasul; Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (2018); Al-Nusra Front (formally); Al-Rahman Legion ; Ahrar al-Sham (2015)
Opponents	Syria; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Al-Nusra Front (2015); Arab Nationalist Guard; Hezbollah Return Forces (Palestinian Hezbollah affiliate); Palestinian Syrian militias Palestine Liberation Army; PFLP-GC; Liwa al-Quds; Fatah al-Intifada; Galilee Forces; Free Palestine Movement; As-Sa'iqa; Palestinian Popular Struggle Front;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Daraa Governorate campaign; Quneitra Governorate clashes (2012–14); Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015); Southern Damascus offensive (April–May 2018) (remnants); ; Quneitra offensive (October 2015);

Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis (Arabic: أكناف بيت المقدس, romanized: ʾAknāf Bayt al-Maqdis, lit. "Region of the Holy House") was a Syrian Palestinian rebel group active during the Syrian Civil War.

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