Liwa al-Muqatileen al-Ansar (LMA)

Introduction

Liwa al-Muqatileen al-Ansar (LMA) broke from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) umbrella in June 2020 over disagreements regarding the future of Idlib and the Turkish presence in the Syrian province. The group’s founder, Abu Malik al-Talli, who had been a senior leader in HTS, and his supporters aligned themselves with al-Qaeda, and thus opposed both the arrival of Turkish forces and HTS’s continued distancing from its al-Qaeda past. LMA joined Hurras al-Din (HaD)’s new “So be Steadfast” operations room in June 2020, but HTS arrested Talli a few weeks later.* Talli remains in custody and his group effectively disbanded by HTS.*

Leadership

Abu Malik al-Shami (a.k.a. Abu Malik al-Talli, Jamal Zainiyya) (leader)*

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Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On June 6, 2021, the Taliban attacked a complex in Ghor province, killing nine and injuring seven. That same day, the Taliban launched similar attacks on the police headquarters in Faryab province, killing 28 security forces, and in Balkh province, killing 19 and injuring 69 others.   

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