Kurdish Islamic Front

The Kurdish Islamic Front (Kurdish: پێشەوەى كوردى ئیسلامی) was a small Kurdish Islamist armed group founded by Salahuddin al-Kurdi who also served as the group's spokesman and Abu Abdullah al-Kurdi in 2013, operating mainly in eastern Aleppo around al-Bab, the northern parts of the Raqqa Governorate, and the Hasakah Governorate.

The group was established on 22 November 2013 by Salaheddin al-Kurdi and Abu Abdullah al-Kurdi, who was an Islamist activist from Afrin in the northwestern region of Syria's Aleppo Governorate, bordering Turkey, and at the time under YPG control.

Abu Abdullah al-Kurdi also stated that the group was established with support from Ahrar al-Sham as a common enemy against YPG and to help diversify the Syrian opposition.

He also explained that the group has a presence across Kurdish populated areas of northern Syria spanning from al-Bab to Qamishli and Tell Abyad that they had taken from YPG.

[8] In December 2014, the Kurdish Islamic Front fully merged with Ahrar al-Sham.