Ajnad al-Sham

Ajnad al-Sham
Ajnad al-Sham
أجناد الشام
	The Black Standard used by Ajnad al-Sham
Leaders	Sheikh Abu Ibrahim al-Diri; Abu Hamza al-Hamwi (former); Abu Abdullah Taoum †; Abdel Aziz al-Ali †; Zainuri Kamaruddin (2014);
Dates of operation	November 2013 – 28 April 2017
Group(s)	Martyr Khalid Zaarour Battalion (former); ; al-Majd Brigade (former);
Active regions	Idlib Governorate; Hama Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Salafi Jihadism;
Part of	Army of Conquest (2015–2017); Tahrir al-Sham (Jan.-Jun. 2017; Nov. 2017-Jan. 2025) ; Ahrar al-Sham (Jun.-Nov. 2017)
Allies	Ahrar al-Sham; Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; Al-Qaeda
Opponents	Syria; Russia; Hezbollah; Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2014 Hama offensive; Second Battle of Idlib; Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War; Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015); 2016 Latakia offensive; 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign; Aleppo offensive (June-August 2016); 2016 Hama offensive; 2017 Hama offensive;
Designated as a terrorist group by	Malaysia

The Ajnad al-Sham (Arabic: أجناد الشام, Soldiers of the Levant) was an independent Idlib and Hama-based rebel group active during the Syrian Civil War. The group is named after Ajnad al-Sham. It joined the Army of Conquest on 24 March 2015 and took part in the Second Battle of Idlib. On 29 March 2014, it announced that its military leader, Abu Abdullah Taoum, was killed during clashes around al-Fouaa.