JIHADIST GROUP #9: Jaysh al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (LMA)

Name: Jaysh al-Muhajireen wal Ansar (LMA) - “Brigade of Emigrants and Supporters”.

Founded: 2012

Headquarters: Idlib, Syria

Group composition: Chechens, Tajiks, Daghestani, Azerbaijanis, Kazakhs, and Ukrainians

Ideology: Jihadism, Jihadist Salafism

Typology: Armed group/insurgent

Leader: Abdullah al-Daghestani

Spokesperson: Hossein Baloch

Alliances: Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as “Liwa Said ibn Zeid”.

Other Alliances: Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Tavhid va Jihod, Muhojir Tactical.