, 20 June 2015 In early November 2013, a large number of Sunni Islamist rebel groups in the wider Damascus region announced the formation of the “Greater Damascus Operations Room”, excluding
Jaysh al-Islam and the most radical jihadis
al-Nusra Front and the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union fighters who joined the Rahman Legion were barred from leadership positions and their weapons were seized and redistributed among other Legion members. reducing the presence of the Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union to two pockets in the
Damascus and
Rif Damascus areas. After the completion of the
Beit Jinn offensive in January 2018 and the
Southern Damascus offensive the following month, Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union presence was further reduced to a single pocket in the southern outskirt of
Damascus. In May 2018, the remaining members
evacuated to Idlib. Following the evacuation, the groups ceased to be active. ==See also==