Ansar al-Deen Front

The Ansar al-Deen Front (جبهة أنصار الدين, Jabhat Ansar al-Deen) is a jihadist alliance that announced itself during the Syrian Civil War on 25 July 2014. The group contains four other groups: the Green Battalion, Harakat Sham al-Islam, Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar and Harakat Fajr Sham al-Islamiya; it has declared that is not affiliated with any other "parties". The group is a coalition, with at least one of its' component groups (Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar) still functioning.

Although the groups have diverse memberships, Harakat Fajr Sham al-Islamiya is mostly Syrians from the Aleppo area, while Harakat Sham al-Islam was formed around a core of Moroccan fighters, the Green Battalion mainly has fighters from Saudi Arabia and Jaish al-Mujahireen wal-Ansar was formed by Chechen and other Russian-speaking fighters.