Ansar al-Tawhid (Syria)

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Ansar al-Tawhid
أنصار التوحيد
LeaderAbu Diyab Sarmin [1]
Khamza Al-Shishani  † [2]
Split fromFlag of Jund al-Aqsa.svg Jund al-Aqsa [3]
Group(s) Ghuraba Division [4]
Active regions Syria
Ideology Salafist jihadism
Size300 [5] -1,000 [6]
Part ofAlliance to Support Islam [7] (until 2020) [8]
WaHaridFlag.png Rouse the Believers Operations Room [9] (until 2020) [8]
AlliesGuardians Of Religion INFOBOX flag.png Guardians of Religion Organization [10] (until May 2020) [8] [11]
Syrian revolution flag.svg Jaysh al-Izza [12]
Flag of the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria.svg Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
Flag of Ansar al-Islam.svg Ansar al-Islam
Emblem of the Ansar al-Deen Front.svg Ansar al-Din Front
OpponentsFlag of Syria.svg  Syria [13]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah
Seal of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve.svg CJTF-OIR
Battles and wars Syrian civil war

Ansar al-Tawhid is an armed Islamist group fighting in the Syrian Civil War. The group is made up of former Jund al-Aqsa members. [3] It was allied with Al-Qaeda and part of the Hurras al-Din-led Rouse the Believers Operations Room until May 2020, when it announced its departure from the coalition. [8] [14]

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Background

Ansar al-Tawhid was established in March 2018 by Abu Diyab al-Sarmini. The group is based in Sarmin and Nayrab in eastern Idlib, which have a strong ISIL presence in Idlib but also is active in opposition held parts of the Latakia Governorate.

Among Ansar al-Tawhid there are members of the group who are sympathetic and supportive of ISIL as well as members of Ansar al-Tawhid whom are reportedly linked to ISIL itself, as well as members of the group that are closer to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and are linked with it and support them, there are also members of the group who continue to hold a neutral position, much like the original Jund al-Aqsa's stance in the dispute between ISIL and other opposition and Jihadist groups like HTS. [15] The group also includes fighters formerly part of the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria, which itself included former Jund al-Aqsa fighters that elected to stay in Idlib in 2017 rather than leave to ISIL's capital in al-Raqqa, and fighters that refused to join Hayat Tahrir al-Sham for ideological reasons. [16] Ansar al-Tawhid is also believed to be by some to be a receptacle group for former ISIL fighters. [17]

The group has also initiated recruitment campaigns in parts of the southern Idlib countryside and in Maarrat al-Nu'man. The group is also reportedly well armed with mortars, anti-aircraft guns, and armored vehicles. The group itself reportedly has 1,000 fighters, and sources linked with HTS claim that a majority of them are not native Syrians. [6]

After its formation the group coordinated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to attack a Syrian government held enclave in two predominantly Shiite villages outside of Idlib's city limits.[ citation needed ]

The group established the Alliance to Support Islam with the Guardians of Religion Organization with the stated goals of establishing Sharia law and fighting against aggressors. [1] Though the group works closely with the Guardians of Religion Organization and is believed to have links to al-Qaeda, Ansar al-Tawhid does not consider itself to be part of al-Qaeda nor does it hold allegiance to al-Qaeda, and al-Qaeda has not acknowledged the group as being part of its global network. [15]

Structure

Leadership

The group's leader, Abu Diyab Sarmini, who originates from the town of Sarmin, was the former leader of Jund al-Aqsa (which pledged allegiance to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham for protection from Ahrar al-Sham amidst fighting between Jund al-Aqsa and Ahrar al-Sham in 2016). [18] [19]

Sarmini began recruiting former Jund al-Aqsa members who had joined Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria after Jund al-Aqsa was dissolved by HTS, as well as former Jund al-Aqsa members that were wanted by HTS. Sarmini specifically recruited fighters who had remained neutral during the fighting between Ahrar al-Sham, HTS and Jund al-Aqsa to form Ansar al-Tawhid.[ citation needed ]

Prior to Ansar al-Tawhid's formation, meetings were held between Sarmini and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, to convince HTS to release 5 former Jund al-Aqsa members, whom were commanders, imprisoned by HTS. In order to recruit former Jund al-Aqsa members as well as new outsiders, the group has advertised that it is similar to the original Jund al-Aqsa in regards to beliefs and ideology.[ citation needed ]

Media

The group produces videos showing its military operations and attacks as well as training camps, the videos use nasheeds produced by both ISIL and al-Qaeda and contain video montages and focus on the group's view of conflict in Syria. [17]

History

On 26 April 2018, Ansar al-Tawhid carried out a joint attack with Jaysh al-Izza and the Guardians of Religion Organization, which is another al-Qaeda aligned group that split off from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and is led by al-Nusra's former head Sharia official, Sami al-Oraydi, targeting the Syrian military and allied paramilitary groups, during the fighting casualties were reported on both sides, as well as exchanges of artillery fire. During the attack the rebel groups advanced into government held territory and temporarily held positions before being expelled later on. [12]

In May 2018, HTS raided the headquarters of Ansar al-Tawhid in Sarmin and arrested three members from the group for having links to ISIL. [20]

On 5 December 2018, Ansar al-Tawhid and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jointly repelled a Syrian government infiltration attempt in Tell Touqan. [17]

On 3 February 2019, two of Ansar al-Tawhid's commanders were killed near the government held enclave of Fuah; one of the commanders was Turkish. [17]

In March 2019, the group attacked two significant Syrian army checkpoints in northern Hama, claiming to have killed 40 Syrian soldiers, however only 16 were confirmed killed. [21] During the attack the Syrian army had acknowledged an unspecified number of soldiers had been killed by Ansar al-Tawhid fighters and blamed bad weather for making the attack easier for the group. In response to the attack the Syrian military displayed corpses of fighters reportedly part of Ansar al-Tawhid who had been killed during the attacks on the checkpoints. [22] After the attack, according to a pro-government source, the Syrian army claimed to have killed the group's deputy leader, a Chechen fighter named Khamza Shishani. [2]

In April 2019, the group claimed responsibility for an Inghimasi attack against pro-Assad forces in northern Hama, and released photos showing fighters carrying Kalashnikov rifles mounted with night vision scopes and wearing explosive belts. [23]

On 2 August 2019, Ansar al-Tawhid coordinated with the Turkistan Islamic Party to fire an IRAM rocket with four 122mm rockets attached at government forces. [24]

On 17 August 2019, after a rebel counter-attack to retake the recently lost town of Sukayk from pro-government forces, the group announced to have retaken positions outside the city alongside other rebel groups, after fighting Hezbollah. [25]

On 31 August 2019, the American-led CJTF-OIR coalition carried out missile attacks in Idlib targeting a meeting between Ansar al-Tawhid and the Guardians of Religion Organization reportedly killing a total of 40 members from both groups. [26] [27] After the attack the Russian military condemned the strike saying that the attack was not coordinated with Russia or Turkey and violated the terms of a cease-fire in Idlib. [28] The attack left 30 dead including civilians, among the casualties from the attack was a 12 year old child soldier as well as a 70 year old civilian farmer. [29]

After the coalition's attack on Ansar al-Tawhid, HTS arrested the group's religious leader Abu Hakim al-Jazrawi, and analysts have speculated this could be part of an attempt on behalf of HTS to distance itself from foreign fighters and ultimately confront groups such as Ansar al-Tawhid. [6]

On 17 March 2020, Sputnik news reported that a source in Idlib claimed that Ansar al-Tawhid as well as the Rouse the Believers Operations Room, which Ansar al-Tawhid is part of, along with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria reject a Russian-Turkish cease-fire deal in Idlib after months of clashes between November 2019 and March 2020, with the deal entailing joint Russian-Turkish military patrols, and that Ansar al-Tawhid along with the other groups were also preparing to attack Russian military personnel in Idlib and patrols. [30]

On 3 May 2020, Ansar al-Tawhid released a statement, claiming to not be affiliated with any other groups, and hold no allegiance to any other group either secretly or publicly, and also denied being part of any alliance or operations room, while also acknowledging previously being part of such entities, and also claimed they would continue to cooperate with unnamed factions when needed. [8] [31] It also ended its alliance with the Guardians of Religion Organization after Ansar al-Tawhid accused it of breaking the terms of their alliance. [11]

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