Jaysh al-Nukhba

Jaysh al-Nukhba
Jaysh al-Nukhba
جيش النخبة‎ ; Elite Army
	Former logo of the Liberation Army
Leaders	Mohammed al-Ghabi (DOW); Alaa Abdel Hay al-Ahmad; Raed al-Elewi; Mohammed Ahmed al-Sayed (artillery regiment and overall commander since January 2017); Zakaria al-Ahmad (media office director);
Dates of operation	24 February 2016 – 29 January 2025
Groups	Al Haq Companies; 115th Brigade; Elite Battalion; Former: 46th Division; 312th Division; 314th Division; Jabhat al-Sham; 9th Brigade;
Headquarters	Jarabulus, Aleppo Governorate, Syria; Kafr Nabl, Idlib Governorate, Syria;
Active regions	Northwestern Syria Aleppo Governorate; Idlib Governorate; Hama Governorate; Latakia Governorate;
Size	4,000 (2016); 3,000 (self-claimed in 2017);
Part of	Free Syrian Army Syrian National Army National Front for Liberation (since May 2018); ; Hawar Kilis Operations Room; Fatah Halab (2016)
Allies	Turkey; Free Idlib Army; Army of Victory; Ahrar al-Sham;
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces; Syrian Democratic Forces; Islamic State;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War 2015 Hama offensive; Battle of Aleppo Aleppo bombings (April–May 2016); ; 2016 Hama offensive; Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War; Turkish military intervention in Syria Battle of al-Bab; ; 2017 Hama offensive; Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018); Turkish military intervention in Afrin;

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The Jaysh al-Nukhba (Arabic: جيش النخبة; lit. 'Elite Army'), formerly called the Liberation Army (Arabic: جيش التحرير, romanized: Jaysh al-Tahrir) was a group operating in the Hama and Aleppo Governorates, backed and supported by Turkey. The group was formed from five units, some of which received BGM-71 TOW missiles from the United States.