The Mujahideen Shura Council (Arabic: مجلس شورى مجاهدي الشرقية Majlis Shūrā Mujāhidīn ash-Sharqīyah, meaning "Shura Council of the Mujahideen of the Eastern Area", also known by the Arabic acronym Mishmish) was a coalition of Islamist rebel groups in Deir ez-Zor which formed in order to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Syrian Civil War. The leader of the coalition was killed by ISIL around 12 June 2014.

Affiliated groups

  • Al-Nusra Front (Deir ez-Zor branch)
  • Jaysh al-Islam (Deir ez-Zor branch)
  • Ahrar ash-Sham (Deir ez-Zor branch)
  • Army of Ahl al-Sunni wal Jamaa
  • Authenticity and Development Front (Deir ez-Zor branch - Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiya)
  • al-Qa'qa'
  • Jabhat al-Jihad wal Bina
  • Bayareq al-Shaaitat
  • Liwa al-Qadisiya
  • Army of Maoata al-Islami
  • Army of al-Ikhlas
  • Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar

See also

  • List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
  • Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front

References

External links

  • Mujahideen Shura Council on Twitter (in Arabic)

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