Jaysh al-Nukhba

Jaysh al-Nukhba
جيش النخبة‎
Elite Army
Leaders
  • Mohammed al-Ghabi (DOW)
  • Alaa Abdel Hay al-Ahmad
  • Raed al-Elewi
  • Mohammed Ahmed al-Sayed (artillery regiment and overall commander since January 2017)
  • Zakaria al-Ahmad (media office director)
Dates of operation24 February 2016 – January 29, 2025
Group(s)
  • Levant Front (Hama)
  • 9th Brigade
  • 115th Brigade
  • Northern Sector (145th Brigade) (part of the SNA and not the NFL)

Former:

  • 46th Division
  • 312th Division
  • 314th Division
Headquarters
Active regionsNorthwestern Syria
IdeologyIslamism
Syrian nationalism
Size3,000 (self-claim, 2017)
Part of Free Syrian Army Hawar Kilis Operations Room
Fatah Halab (2016)
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Jaysh al-Nukhba (Elite Army (Arabic: جيش النخبة‎), formerly called the Liberation Army (Arabic: جيش التحرير‎: Jaysh al-Tahrir) was a group operating in the Hama and Aleppo Governorates, backed and supported by Turkey. The group was formed from five units, some of which received BGM-71 TOW missiles from the United States.

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