Khalid ibn al-Walid Army

Khalid ibn al-Walid Army
Khalid ibn al-Walid Army
جيش خالد بن الوليد
	Logo of Khalid Ibn Walid Army.
Leaders	Abu Hashim al-Hamawi; Abu Hashim al-Shami † (2016); Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi † (2016–17); Mohammad al-Refai (2017–18)
Dates of operation	21 May 2016 – 31 July 2018 (As the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army) ; July 2018 – 2019 (As Wilayat Hawran)
Group(s)	Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade ; Islamic Muthanna Movement; Jaysh al-Jihad
Headquarters	Al-Shajara, Daraa Governorate, Syria
Active regions	Daraa Governorate and Quneitra Governorate, Syria
Ideology	Salafi jihadism
Size	1,900–2,400+ (in 2018)
Part of	Islamic State
Opponents	Non-state opponents Free Syrian Army Southern Front; ; Criterion Brigades; Tahrir al-Sham; State opponents Syria; Iran; United States; Russia; Israel; Jordan;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war; Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war Southwestern Daraa offensive (February 2017); ; 2018 Southern Syria offensive 2018 As-Suwayda attacks; ;

The Khalid ibn al-Walid Army (Arabic: جيش خالد بن الوليد Jaysh Khālid ibn al-Walīd) later known as Wilayat Hawran, was an armed Salafi jihadist group active in southern Syria. It was formed by a merger of the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, the Islamic Muthanna Movement, and the Jaysh al-Jihad on 21 May 2016. The faction controlled a strip of territory southeast of the Golan Heights, and was in conflict with other forces of the Syrian rebels. The group was defeated and lost all of its territory to the Syrian Government on 31 July 2018, with many members surrendering. Many captured members of the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army were executed on the same day.