...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful...(Army of Islam)
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several citizens in the east Qalamoun area of rural Damascus on Friday after accusing them of planning to reconcile with the government.
Residents of al-Rahibah were rounded up by members of Jaish al-Islam on Friday and accused of attempting to reconcile the village, despite the Islamist rebel groups refusal to do so.
Recently, a group of Salafist tough guys turned in their weapons to the Syrian Arab Army in the east Qalamoun area as part of a peace deal that would allow the
In response to the surrender of several rebels this week, Jaish al-Islam has begun arresting anyone suspected of attempting to reconcile with the government.