Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations
Katibat Jabal al-Islam
Designation Status (as of October 12, 2026)
| US State Dept FTO | Not listed official list |
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| US Treasury OFAC SDN (SDGT) | Not listed official list |
| UK Proscribed | Not listed official list |
| EU Terrorist Lists | Not listed official list |
| Canada Listed Entities | Not listed official list |
| Australia Listed | Not listed official list |
Profile written 2016 The profile below is the original Jihad Intel text and has not been updated. Designation status above is current.
Not yet designated terrorist by a Western country
Base of operations: Syria
Background: Aymenn al-Tamimi
Katibat Jabal al-Islam (The Islam Mountain Battalion) is a primarily Syrian Turkmen jihadist group operating in Latakia province in northwest Syria. It has coordinated with a variety of factions including jihadists (e.g. Jabhat al-Nusra) and U.S.-backed groups (e.g. the FSA 10th Brigade). The group name refers to the Jabal al-Turkoman (Turkmen Mountain) area in Latakia. The clearest public sign of the group's jihadist leanings is its declared support for the Assembly of al-Sham Scholars announced in July 2016, a body that consists of a number of jihadist clerics and Shari'i figures in Syria like Abdullah al-Muheisseni and Abu Mariyah al-Qahtani.
