Jundallah () was a

Jihadist Jihadism is a neologism for modern, armed militant Political aspects of Islam, Islamic movements that seek to Islamic state, establish states based on Islamic principles. In a narrower sense, it refers to the belief that armed confrontation ...

group in

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

during the Syrian civil war.

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) was a Sunni Islamist political organisation and paramilitary group involved in the Syrian civil war. It was formed on 28January 2017 as a merger between several armed groups: Jaysh al-Ahrar (an Ahrar al-Sham facti ...

(HTS) launched an operation against it on 25 October 2021, which resulted in the group being dismantled.

History

Jundallah was founded in 2014 or 2015 under the name Jund al-Khilafa by

Azeris Azerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris (, ), or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are predominantly Shia Muslims. They comprise the largest ...

named Abu Fatima al-Turki and Abu Hanifa al-Azari. HTS fought against the group in November 2021, following failed negotiations, and dissolved it. The group's leader, Abu Musa al Shishani, was arrested in Kherbet Eljoz while trying to escape to Turkey.

References

{{Syrian Civil War Jihadist groups in Syria Salafi Jihadist groups