Ansar al-Tawhid (Syria)

Ansar al-Tawhid
أَنْصَارُ التَّوْحِيدِ
Flag of Ansar al-Tawhid
Leader	Abu Diyab Sarmin[1] Khamza Al-Shishani †[2]
Split from	Jund al-Aqsa[3]
Group(s)	Ghuraba Division[4]
Active regions	Syria
Ideology	Salafist jihadism
Size	300[5]-1,000[6]
Part of	Alliance to Support Islam[7] (until 2020)[8] Rouse the Believers Operations Room[9] (until 2020)[8]
Allies	Guardians of Religion Organization[10] (until May 2020)[8][11] Jaysh al-Izza[12] Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Ansar al-Islam Ansar al-Din Front
Opponents	Syria[13]  Russia  Iran Hezbollah CJTF-OIR
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war Siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019) Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020) Northwestern Syria clashes (December 2022–present)

Ansar al-Tawhid (Supporters of Monotheism) are a militant group in the Syrian civil war. The group is mostly made up of former Jund al-Aqsa members and the group was allied with Al-Qaeda until May 2020.^[14][15] The group shows sympathy to HTS and Daesh with some of their members being former members of Daesh.^[16][17][18]

1. ↑ "Details on 'Ansar Al-Tawhid', a recently established military faction in Idlib province". Aleppo 24. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
2. ↑ "High ranking Chechen jihadist killed by Syrian Army in northern Hama". Al Masdar News. 4 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
3. ↑ "A New Branch of Al-Qaeda Emerges in Syria". Kyle Orton's Blog. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
4. ↑ "Syrian Civil War factions". Google Docs.
5. ↑ "منشقون عن "جند الأقصى" يشكلون "أنصار التوحيد"بإدلب". Baladi News Network. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
6. ↑ Mohammad Abdulssattar Ibrahim (22 September 2019). "Is HTS benefitting from Coalition airstrikes against foreign jihadists?". Syria Direct. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
7. ↑ Joško Barić (29 April 2018). "Syrian War Daily – 29th of April 2018". Syrian War Daily. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (3 May 2020). "Ansar al-Tawheed Statement on Independent Status: Translation and Analysis". Retrieved 3 May 2020.
9. ↑ "Military groups calling themselves "the finest factions of the Levant" form joint operations room". Syria Call. 15 October 2018. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
10. ↑ "Syrian War Daily – 29th of April 2018". Syrian War Daily. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
11. ↑ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (10 June 2020). "Why Ansar al-Tawheed Ended its Alliance with Hurras al-Din".
12. ↑ "After military operation for it, violent attack by Horas Al-Din and Ansar Al-Tawheed and Jaysh Al-Izza in northern Hama and heavy aerial and ground shelling target the area". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
13. ↑ "Today, Ansar al-Tawhid (ex Jund al Aqsa) shelled SAA positions in Fuah and Kafraiya villages (near Idlib)". Syria Live UA Map. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
14. ↑ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (10 June 2020). "Why Ansar al-Tawheed Ended its Alliance with Hurras al-Din". Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
15. ↑ Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (2020-05-03). "Ansar al-Tawheed Statement on Independent Status: Translation and Analysis". Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
16. ↑ "Syria: Casualties in Two Attacks by the International Coalition against Extremist Groups in Idlib and Aleppo". 29 October 2019.
17. ↑ Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (17 February 2020). "Hurras al-Din: Relations with Other Factions and Internal Dynamics (Interview)". Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi.
18. ↑ "Syrie: Ansar al-Tawhid, l'autre groupe djihadiste affilié à al-Qaïda". FranceSoir. 5 April 2019.