Jaysh al-Sunna

Jaysh al-Sunna
Jaysh al-Sunna
جيش السنة
	The logo of Jaysh al-Sunna
Leaders	Ammar Bouqai
Dates of operation	20 March 2015 – 28 January 2017
Active regions	Homs Governorate; Idlib Governorate; Aleppo Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Salafi Islamism;
Size	500+ fighters
Part of	Army of Conquest; Fatah Halab
Allies	Islamic Front; al-Nusra Front; Jund al-Aqsa
Opponents	Syria; Iran; Russia; Hezbollah; SSNP; Syrian Democratic Forces; Liwa Zainebiyoun; Liwa Fatemiyoun
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2015 Idlib offensive Second Battle of Idlib; ; 2015 Jisr al-Shughur offensive; Syrian Kurdish-Islamist conflict (2013-present); 2016 Aleppo campaign; Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016); Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016); Idlib Governorate clashes (January 2017);

Jaysh al-Sunna (Arabic: جيش السنة) was a Homs-based Islamist rebel group that was established as a merger between different rebel groups, some of which originally came from the Free Syrian Army's Farouq Brigades, and is active during the Syrian Civil War. It joined the Army of Conquest on 24 March 2015, and took part in the Second Battle of Idlib. It lost 14 fighters in the battle.

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