Levant Front

Levant Front
الجبهة الشامية Jabhat al-Shamiyah
Leaders	Abu Amr (emir)[1][2] Colonel Muhammad al-Ahmad (spokesman)[3] Muhammad Abu Ibrahim (military commander)[4] Abu Ahmad al-Jazrawi[5]
Dates of operation	25 December 2014[6]–18 April 2015; 18 June 2015–present
Group(s)	Sword of the Levant Brigade (Azaz branch) Northern Army Northern Storm Brigade Soldiers of Islam Brigade Soldiers of Levant Brigade[7] Conquest Brigade[8][9] Ahrar al-Sham (northern Aleppo branch)[10][11] Manbij Brigade[citation needed] Fastaqim Union (northern Aleppo branch)
Headquarters	Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Active regions	Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Ideology	Sunni Islamism[6][12]
Size	8,000[13] (December 2016, Russian military claim)
Part of	Fatah Halab[14] Jaysh Halab[15][16] Mare' Operations Room[17] Hawar Kilis Operations Room Free Syrian Army[18] Syrian National Army (until 2024)
Allies	Turkey (until 2024) Sham Legion Syrian Turkmen Brigades (sometimes) Other FSA groups in northern Aleppo
Opponents	Syria Syrian Democratic Forces Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[19] Tahrir al-Sham Liwa Ahfad Saladin Ahrar al-Sharqiya Hazzm Movement (March 2015) Ahrar al-Sham[5]  Turkey (since 2024)
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo[20] Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War[19] Operation Euphrates Shield Operation Olive Branch 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria 2022 Ahrar al-Sham–Levant Front clashes October 2022 northern Aleppo clashes 2024 Syrian opposition offensives

The Levant Front (Arabic: الجبهة الشامية, romanized: al-Jabhat aš-Šāmiyya, Jabhat al-Shamiyah, also translated as the Sham Front or the Levantine Front)^[21] is a Syrian rebel group based around Aleppo involved in the Syrian Civil War.^[22] It was formed in December 2014.

The northern branch of the Levant Front is part of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army. The Netherlands' public prosecutor declared it to be a terrorist organisation in 2018, despite the Dutch government having earlier provided it with support.^[23][24]