Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham

Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham
Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham
جماعة أنصار الفرقان في بلاد الشام
	Logo used by the group
Leaders	Hamza bin Laden † (allegedly); Abu Julaybib †
Dates of operation	9 October 2017–November 2017
Group(s)	Former Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, Jabhat al-Nusra, and ISIL elements
Ideology	Islamism Caliphate Restoration; Anti-communism
Allies	al-Qaeda
Opponents	Georgia; Turkey; Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army; Hayat Tahrir al-Sham; Russia; Syria; United States; United Kingdom; Shiite Militias
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2018 Idlib crisis;

Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham (Arabic: جماعة أنصار الفرقان في بلاد الشام; lit. "Supporters of the Criterion in the Levant") is an armed jihadist group that was active in Syria which was established in the fall of 2017 by former members of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar. The group was reportedly led by the son of al-Qaeda's founder Osama bin Laden, Hamza bin Laden.

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