Ansar al-Sham

Kata'ib Ansar al-Sham
Supporters of the Levant Brigades
Kata'ib Ansar al-Sham; Supporters of the Levant Brigades
Arabic: كتائب أنصار الشام
	; Ansar al-Sham Logo; ; Flag of Ansar al-Sham
Leaders	Abu Omar al-Jamil; (overall leader); Abu Musa al Shishani; (military commander)
Dates of operation	September 2012 – 2018
Group	al-Zahir Baybars Battalion
Headquarters	Jabal al-Akrad, Latakia Governorate
Active regions	Latakia Governorate; Idlib Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism; Salafism; Jihadism (until 2014)
Size	2,500 (March 2014)
Part of	Syrian Islamic Front (December 2012 – November 2013); Islamic Front (November 2013-March 2015); Jaysh al-Islam (December 2016–January 2017; Ahrar al-Sham (January–February 2017); Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; (February 2017–August 2018)
Allies	Free Syrian Army; Junud al-Sham; Jund al-Aqsa; Sham Legion; Ajnad al-Kavkaz; Ajnad ash-Sham; Jaysh al-Sunna; Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; al-Nusra Front; Suqour al-Ezz; Katibat al-Muhajireen
Opponents	Ba'athist Syria; Russia; Iran; Hezbollah; Syrian Resistance; Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Wars	the Syrian Civil War

Kata'ib Ansar al-Sham (Arabic: كتائب أنصار الشام, Supporters of the Levant Brigades) was an armed Sunni Islamist rebel group active in the Syrian Civil War, mainly fighting against Syrian government forces.