Mujahideen Shura Council (Syria)

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]

Mujahideen Shura Council of the Eastern Area
مجلس شورى مجاهدي الشرقية
Logo of the Mujahideen Shura Council
Dates of operation	25 May 2014[1] – July 2015
Group(s)	al-Nusra Front Jaysh al-Islam Ahrar al-Sham Army of Ahl al-Sunni wall Jamaa Authenticity and Development Front al-Qa'qa' Jabhat al-Jihad wal-Bina Bayarq al Shaaitat Liwa al-Qadisiya Army of Maoata al-Islami Army of-Ikhlas Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar
Headquarters	Deir ez-Zor, Syria (Until July 2015)[2]
Active regions	Syria
Ideology	Pan-Islamism[3]
Allies	Free Syrian Army
Opponents	Islamic State[2]
Battles and wars	Syrian opposition-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict

Affiliated groups

• Al-Nusra Front (Deir ez-Zor branch)
• Jaysh al-Islam (Deir ez-Zor branch)
• Ahrar ash-Sham (Deir ez-Zor branch)
• Army of Ahl al-Sunni wal Jamaa
• Authenticity and Development Front (Deir ez-Zor branch - Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiya)
• al-Qa'qa'
• Jabhat al-Jihad wal Bina
• Bayareq al-Shaaitat
• Liwa al-Qadisiya
• Army of Maoata al-Islami
• Army of al-Ikhlas
• Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar^[2]

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
• Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front