Katibat Jabal al-Islam

Katibat Jabal al-Islam
Katibat Jabal al-Islam
كتيبة جبل الإسلام
Leader	Sheikh Fidaa Kharbatli
Military leader	Zahir Abu Usama
Spokesman	Abu Obeida
Dates of operation	2012-2025
Ideology	Salafi jihadism
Slogan	جعل شرع الله هو القانون في الأرض.; Make Allah's law the rule of law in the land.
Size	~460
Part of	Al-Nusra Front (2012-2017); Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (2017-2025)
Allies	Turkey; Free Syrian Army; National Front for Liberation; Jaysh al-Izza; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Rouse the Believers Operations Room; Hurras al-Din; Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan; Ansar al-Din Front;
Opponents	Syria; Russia Russian Air Force; Wagner Group; ; Iran; Islamic State;
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war 2015–2016 Latakia offensive; Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019); Northwestern Syria clashes (December 2022–November 2024);

Katibat Jabal al-Islam (Arabic: كتيبة جبل الإسلام, romanized: Katībat Jabal al-Islām, lit. 'Mountain of Islam Battalion', Turkish: İslam Dağı Taburu) or Jabal al-Islam Battalion is a jihadist group made up of mostly Syrian Turkmen established in 2012 in the Bayırbucak region of the northern Latakia area.