Jaysh al-Izza

Army of Glory
جَيْشُ الْعِزَّةِ Jaysh al-Izza
Leaders	Maj. Jamil al-Saleh (commander-in-Chief[1]) Col. Mustafa al-Bakour[2] (general commander) Capt. Manaf Maarati (deputy commander, until October 2019)[3] Capt. Mustafa Maarati (spokesman, until October 2019)[3]
Dates of operation	2013–present
Group(s)	Homs al-Adiya Brigades
Headquarters	Kafr Nabl area (August 2019-February 2020), Jisr al-Shughur (per pro-government reports),[4] formerly al-Lataminah[1]
Active regions	Hama Governorate Idlib Governorate Latakia Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
Size	3,000 (late 2015)[1] September 2019: 2,500 (HTS defector claim)[5] Over 3,000 (pro-government media claim)[6] ≤3500 (December 2021) [7]
Part of	Free Syrian Army Jaysh al-Nasr (2015)
Allies	Tahrir al-Sham Guardians of Religion Organization[8] Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Ajnad al-Sham Malhama Tactical National Front for Liberation Syrian National Army  Turkey[9]
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces  Russia  Iran Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard Eagles of the Whirlwind Ba'ath Brigades Syrian Resistance
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Siege of Northern Homs 2014 Hama offensive Insurgency in Idlib Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) (Russian intervention) 2015 Hama offensive 2016 Latakia offensive 2016 Hama offensive Hama offensive (March–April 2017) Hama offensive (September 2017) Northeastern Hama offensive (2017) Syrian Liberation Front–Tahrir al-Sham conflict Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019) Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019) Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020)

Jaysh al-Izza is a Islamist militant group part of the Free Syrian Army active in the northwest of Syria. The group has been given anti-tank missiles such as the 9K111 Fagot or BGM-71 TOW by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Qatar.^[10][11] The group also tried to join the National Front for Liberation which has other militant groups in Idlib such as Ahrar al-Sham but the leadership of Jaysh al-Izza refused due to complications.^[12]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Western-backed Syrian rebel group says hit by Russian air strikes". Reuters. 30 September 2015.
2. ↑ "A former leader in the opposition warns of a second phase of the Idlib battles". 23 August 2019.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Including leaders in the first row .. Defected elements of the "Army of Glory"". Zaman al-Wasl. 10 October 2019.
4. ↑ "Over 2,000 militants redeploy to western Idlib after defeat in northern Hama". 9 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019.
5. ↑ "Series of detailed tweets from HTS defector Abu Salih al-Hamawi exposing HTS". Trunk News Translations. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-04. Jaysh al-Izza has 1300 members, 167 (note: 13%) were martyred while you claim to have 10.000, and only 400 (note: 4%) were martyred.
6. ↑ News Desk (2019-09-08). "Over 2,000 militants redeploy to western Idlib after defeat in northern Hama". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
7. ↑ "Sixth anniversary of Zahran Alloush's killing in Russian airstrike on eastern Ghouta". syriahr.com. 25 December 2021.
8. ↑ "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.
9. ↑ "بينهم قادة في الصف الأول.. انشقاق عناصر من جيش العزة".
10. ↑ "US arms shipment to Syrian rebels detailed". IHS Jane's 360. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
11. ↑ Afanasieva, Dasha (30 September 2015). "Western-backed Syrian rebel group says hit by Russian air strikes". Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
12. ↑ "The Syrian National Army: For the Syrian revolution or against the Kurds? - Syria Direct". syriadirect.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20.