Jaysh al-Ahrar

Jaysh al-Ahrar
Army of the Free
Jaysh al-Ahrar; Army of the Free
Arabic: جيش الأحرار
	Logo of the group
Leaders	Hasim al-Sheikh ("Abu Jaber", founder and commander until Sept. 2017); Abu Saleh Tahan; Khalil Ismail Arslan ("Abu Ismail Gubas", deputy commander) †; Walid al-Mushayil ("Abu Hashim", artillery commander);
Dates of operation	1 December 2016 – 29 January 2025
Split from	Ahrar al-Sham
Group(s)	Liwa al-Tamkeen; Liwa Ahrar al-Jabal al-Wastani; Martyr Ali Mutlaq Battalion; al-Naasan Bloc;
Active regions	Northwestern Syria Idlib Governorate; Aleppo Governorate; Hama Governorate; Latakia Governorate;
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Salafi Islamism; Salafi Jihadism;
Status	Dissolved
Size	1,500–2,000 (Jan. 2017)
Part of	Tahrir al-Sham (Jan.–Sep. 2017); National Front for Liberation (since Aug. 2018); Defeat the Invaders Operations Room (Feb.–May 2018)
Allies	Tahrir al-Sham Jabhat Fatah al-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Ahrar al-Sham; Sham Legion; Free Syrian Army
Opponents	Ba'athist Syria; Iran; Russia; Hezbollah
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo; Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Idlib Governorate clashes (January–March 2017); Idlib Governorate clashes (July 2017); ; Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018) ; ; 2018 Idlib crisis; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019); 2024 Syrian opposition offensives; ;
Website	https://twitter.com/jishalahrar

Jaysh al-Ahrar (Arabic: جيش الأحرار, lit. 'Army of the Free'), was an armed Salafi Islamist rebel group in northwestern Syria that originated as a clique composed of 16 units in Ahrar al-Sham that opposed involvement in Operation Euphrates Shield, after a fatwa was released by religious clerics in Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, which led to the group's separation from Ahrar al-Sham.

Most members of the group joined Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in January 2017. The founding leader of Jaysh al-Ahrar, Hashim al-Sheikh ("Abu Jaber") was appointed as the head of HTS. Jaysh al-Ahrar left HTS in September 2017, and have since then closely cooperated with both HTS and Ahrar al-Sham, as well as other rebel groups in the area.

At the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference, which was held on 29 January 2025, most factions of the armed opposition, including Jaysh al-Ahrar, announced their dissolution and were incorporated into the newly formed Ministry of Defense.