JIHADIST GROUP #8: Mujahidin Ghuroba Division

Name: Mujahidin Ghuroba Division (also known as Mujahidin of the Ghuroba Community)

Previous name: Katibat al-Ghuraba in Turkistan

Founded: 2017

Headquarters: Idlib, Syria

Military Operations Area: Syria

Group composition: mainly Uyghur, then Uzbek and Tajik

Ideology: Jihadism

Typology: Armed group/insurgent

Leader: Abu Abudrhaman al-Turkistani.

Alliances: Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Muhojir Tactical, Turkestan Islamic Party, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Jaysh Muhajirin wal Ansar, Yurtugh Tactical, Tavhid va Jihod, Malhama Tactical.

Liwa in HTS until December 2024: Umar ibn al-Khattab