Jaysh al-Nukhba

Jaysh al-Nukhba
Jaysh al-Nukhba
جيش النخبة‎ ; Elite Army
	Former logo of the Liberation Army
Leaders	Mohammed al-Ghabi (DOW); Alaa Abdel Hay al-Ahmad; Raed al-Elewi; Mohammed Ahmed al-Sayed (artillery regiment and overall commander since January 2017); Zakaria al-Ahmad (media office director);
Dates of operation	24 February 2016 – present
Group(s)	Levant Front (Hama); 9th Brigade; 115th Brigade; Northern Sector (145th Brigade) (part of the SNA and not the NFL) Elite Battalion; ; Former: 46th Division; 312th Division; 314th Division;
Headquarters	Jarabulus, Aleppo Governorate, Syria; Kafr Nabl, Idlib Governorate, Syria;
Active regions	Northwestern Syria Aleppo Governorate; Idlib Governorate; Hama Governorate; Latakia Governorate;
Size	3,000 (self-claim, 2017)
Part of	Syrian National Army; National Front for Liberation (since May 2018); Hawar Kilis Operations Room; Fatah Halab (2016);
Allies	Turkey; Free Idlib Army; Army of Victory; Ahrar al-Sham;
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces; Syrian Democratic Forces; Islamic State;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2015 Hama offensive; Battle of Aleppo Aleppo bombings (April–May 2016); ; 2016 Hama offensive; Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War; Turkish military intervention in Syria Battle of al-Bab; ; 2017 Hama offensive; Turkish military intervention in Afrin;
	Preceded by; Liberation Army (Jaysh al-Tahrir)

Jaysh al Nukhba (originally called Jaysh al-Tahrir) is a Syrian Islamist militant group in the Hama Governorate and Aleppo Governorate of Syria with support from the Turkish government.^[8] The group was formed as a combination of 5 brigades, and some got BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles which are from the United States.^[9]

References

↑ "Nusra captures leader, fighters of Western-backed rebels in northern Syria". Reuters. 3 July 2016.
↑ "(PLA) chooses a new leader created for Gabi". All4Syria. 11 November 2016.
↑ "Hero's welcome for first Russian warplanes back from Syria". The National. 15 March 2016.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Nejjae, Hogir (24 January 2018). "Kurdish National Council participates in aggression against Afrin". Harwar News Agency. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "elite" defined multiple times with different content
↑ "Five Factions Merge under the Name "Jaish Al Tahrir"". RFS Media Office. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
↑ Hogir Nejjae (24 January 2018). "Kurdish National Council participates in aggression against Afrin". Hawar News Agency. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
↑ "11 FSA Factions in New Command in of "National Front Liberation"". Syria Call. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
↑ "Nusra captures leader, fighters of Western-backed rebels in northern Syria". Reuters. 3 July 2016.
↑ "THE MODERATE REBELS: A GROWING LIST OF VETTED GROUPS FIELDING BGM-71 TOW ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILES". Hasan Mustafas. 5 October 2015.

[reuters1-1] "Nusra captures leader, fighters of Western-backed rebels in northern Syria". Reuters. 3 July 2016.

[all-2] "(PLA) chooses a new leader created for Gabi". All4Syria. 11 November 2016.

[3] "Hero's welcome for first Russian warplanes back from Syria". The National. 15 March 2016.

[elite-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Nejjae, Hogir (24 January 2018). "Kurdish National Council participates in aggression against Afrin". Harwar News Agency. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "elite" defined multiple times with different content

[5] "Five Factions Merge under the Name "Jaish Al Tahrir"". RFS Media Office. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[6] Hogir Nejjae (24 January 2018). "Kurdish National Council participates in aggression against Afrin". Hawar News Agency. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[call-7] "11 FSA Factions in New Command in of "National Front Liberation"". Syria Call. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[reuters-8] "Nusra captures leader, fighters of Western-backed rebels in northern Syria". Reuters. 3 July 2016.

[9] "THE MODERATE REBELS: A GROWING LIST OF VETTED GROUPS FIELDING BGM-71 TOW ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILES". Hasan Mustafas. 5 October 2015.

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