Harakat Sham al-Islam

Harakat Sham al-Islam (حركة شام الإسلام, meaning "Islamic Movement of the Levant") is a jihadist group composed of primarily Moroccans that has been active during the Syrian Civil War.

Founded in August 2013 by three Moroccan freed detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Ibrahim bin Shakran, Ahmed Mizouz and Mohammed Alami, Harakat Sham al-Islam first came to notice became of the role it played in the 2013 Latakia offensive. The following year the group was one of the three primary factions, alongside Al-Nusra Front and Ansar al-Sham, that look part in the 2014 Latakia offensive. Harakat Sham al-Islam also has a presence in Aleppo, being involved in battles for Kindi Hospital and the Aleppo Central Prison.

The group's leader, Shakran, was killed in a battle with Syrian Government forces in April 2014, as was the group's military commander Abu Safiya Al-Masri.