Kurdish group incorporated into Syrian Ministry of Defense
Jamaat Ansar al-Islam (JAI) was founded in 2007, after Jamaat Ansar al-Sunnah dissolved as an organization. Essentially, JAI was a revival of the original Ansar al-Islam (AAI), a short-lived Kurdish group founded and led by Mullah Krekar from 2001 to 2003. However, it was distinct in many ways. JAI, while primarily composed of Kurdish fighters, […]