| Katibat Junud al-Makhdi | |
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| كتيبة جنود المهدی | |
 Flag of Junud al-Makhdi | |
| Leaders | Salahuddin al-Tatari |
| Dates of operation | July 2016 - present |
| Group(s) | Jamaat Bulgar Jaish al-Shomal al-Islami |
| Headquarters | Latakia Governorate,Syria |
| Active regions | Latakia Governorate,Syria |
| Ideology | |
| Size | 400 |
| Allies |  Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Syrian Turkmen Brigades |
| Opponents |  Syria Russia United States Iran Hezbollah |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
Katibat Junud al-Makhdi (commonly referred to as justJunud al-Makhdi) is a Syrian Civil War-erajihadist rebel group created by a merger of two smaller groups operating in Northern Syria, composed exclusively ofTatar andBashkir fighters. The group's fighters hail mainly fromTatarstan andBashkortostan as well as other areas inRussia with Tatar and Bashkir populations.
The group was created by a merger of Jamaat Bulgar and Jaish al-Shomal al-Islam in mid-2016 (each made up of Tatar fighters from Russia). Jamaat Bulgar was initially founded inAfghanistan with its headquarters inWaziristan by anAvar fromDagestan and its fighters fought alongside theTaliban while not being formally part of it for 10 years[2][1] and became involved in the Syrian Civil War during the beginning with several fighters arriving in 2012. The second group was founded inSyria to combat theAssad regime. The leader of Jaish al-Shomal al-Islam is the current leader of the Junud al-Makhdi.[3]
The group cooperates with theTurkistan Islamic Party in Syria as well as localSyrian Turkmen Brigades in theLatakia Governorate because of linguistic similarities in theTurkic languages. The group also calls onRussian Muslims to join its ranks as well as wage war domestically, and claims to have members active in both Russia andYemen.[4]
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