Jaysh al-Nasr

member of the Syrian opposition

Jaysh al-Nasr is a militant group fighting in the Syrian civil war. It was founded in August of 2015 as a combination of 16 groups into 1 group.[3] The group has been given BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles from the United States by a unknown party.[4]

Army of Victory
جيش النصر

Jaysh al-Nasr
Leaders
  • Major Muhammad Mansour

    (commander-in-chief)
  • Major Engineer Hassan Sheikh Yusuf

    (deputy commander-in-chief)
  • Major Zuhair Sheikh[1]

    (chief of staff)
  • Dr. Hassan Hamidi[1]

    (chief of political bureau)
  • Captain Mohannad Junaid
  • Captain Tariq Jadou Executed
  • First Lieutenant Alaa Rakhmon 
Dates of operation August 2015 – present
Group(s)
  • Falcons of al-Ghab
  • Free Daraya Brigade
  • Owais al-Qarani Battalion
  • Mutasim Billah Battalion
  • Shuhada Tarmala Battalion
  • Farouq Army (remnants of the Farouq Brigades in northern Hama)
  • Harakat al-Fedayeen

Left in February 2018:

  • 111th Regiment
  • Salvation Front
Headquarters Qalaat al-Madiq (until May 2019)
Active regions Northwestern Syria
Size 5,000
Part of National Front for Liberation (since May 2018)

Fatah Halab (2015–16)

North Hama Countryside Operations Room

Allies
Opponents
Battles and wars Syrian Civil War
  • Siege of Northern Homs
  • 2015 Hama offensive
  • Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015)
  • 2016 Latakia offensive
  • 2016 Hama offensive
  • Idlib Governorate clashes (2017)
  • Hama offensive (March–April 2017)
  • Hama offensive (September 2017)
  • Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018)
  • Turkish military operation in Afrin[1]
  • Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019)
  • National Front for Liberation–Tahrir al-Sham conflict
  • Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
  • Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020)
Website https://twitter.com/alnasararmy

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Commanding the Jaysh al-Nasr Coalition: A Review of the Ascendancy of Major Muhammad Mansour". Jamestown. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
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  3. Al-Souria (5 August 2015).
  4. "THE MODERATE REBELS: A GROWING LIST OF VETTED GROUPS FIELDING BGM-71 TOW ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILES".