Green Battalion
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| Green Battalion | |
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| الكتيبة الخضراء al-Katiba al-Khadra Participant in Syrian Civil War |
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Logo (above) & flag (below) of the Green Battalion
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| Active | August 2013 [1]- ~ October 2014[2] |
| Ideology | Salafist jihadism[3] |
| Leaders | Abu Muhjin al-Omani † [4] |
| Area of operations | Damascus Governorate,[5] Syria Homs Governorate,[1] Syria |
| Part of | Jabhat Ansar al-Din[6][7] |
| Became | Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar[2] |
| Allies | Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[5] |
| Opponents | Syrian Armed Forces Hezbollah[5] |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
The Green Battalion (Arabic: الكتيبة الخضراء, al-Katiba al-Khadra) was a jihadist group that had been active during the Syrian Civil War.[9] Formed in 2013 by a group of Saudi veterans of the Iraq War and Afghanistan war,[5] the group fought alongside Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against Syrian government forces, while remaining independent and neutral in the dispute between ISIL and other groups.[5] The group announced on 25 July 2014 that it became part of the Jabhat Ansar al-Din.[6] The group claimed allegiance to Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar around October of 2014.[2]
See also
References
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External links
- Green Battalion on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (Arabic)
