Mujahideen_Shura_Council_(Syria)

Mujahideen Shura Council (Syria)

Mujahideen Shura Council (Syria)

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The Mujahideen Shura Council (Arabic: مجلس شورى مجاهدي الشرقية Majlis Shūrā Mujāhidīn ash-Sharqīyah, meaning "Shura Council of the Mujahideen of the Eastern Area", also known by the Arabic acronym Mishmish) was a coalition of Islamist rebel groups in Deir ez-Zor which formed in order to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Syrian Civil War.[2] The leader of the coalition was killed by ISIL around 12 June 2014.[4]

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  1. [1]
    The formation of the Mujahideen Shura Council - Diralzor
  2. [2]
    "New Syrian jihadist body formed to fight ISIS". Al Monitor. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Time Exclusive: Meet the Islamist Militants Fighting Alongside Syria's Rebels". Time. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Rebel leader killed by ISIL in Syria's Deir ez-Zor". ARA News. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
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