Authenticity and Development Front

{{Short description|Alliance of rebel groups during the Syrian Civil War}}

{{update|date=December 2018}}

{{infobox war faction

| name = Authenticity and Development Front
جبهة الأصالة والتنمية{{cite web|url=https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-non-state-militant-landscape-in-syria|title=The Non-State Militant Landscape in Syria|publisher=Combating Terrorism Center|date=27 August 2013|access-date=19 May 2014|archive-date=15 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515153135/https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-non-state-militant-landscape-in-syria|url-status=dead}}
Jabhat al-'asalah wa'l-tanmiyah

| war = Syrian Civil War

| image = 200px

| caption =

| active = November 2012 – present{{Cite news |title=Syria crisis: Guide to armed and political opposition|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24403003|last=Sinjab|first=Lina|work=BBC|date=17 October 2013|access-date=19 May 2014}}

| ideology = Islamism{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=55275|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154759/http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=55275|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2014|title=The Mujahedeen Army of Aleppo|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|date=8 April 2014|access-date=19 May 2014}}

| clans = Unification Army{{cite web|url=http://civilwaralsham.com/the-northwest/2016/3/29/jaysh-al-tawhid-adf|title=Northern Homs based rebel group joins Authenticity and Development Front|access-date=2017-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807232311/http://civilwaralsham.com/the-northwest/2016/3/29/jaysh-al-tawhid-adf|archive-date=2017-08-07|url-status=dead}}
Lions of the East Army (Former){{Cite web |url=http://en.deirezzor24.net/the-authenticity-and-development-front-cuts-all-of-its-ties-with-the-new-syrian-army/ |title=The Authenticity and Development front cuts all of its ties with the New Syrian Army. | en.deirezzor24.net |access-date=2018-09-02 |archive-date=2018-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084544/http://en.deirezzor24.net/the-authenticity-and-development-front-cuts-all-of-its-ties-with-the-new-syrian-army/ |url-status=dead }}
The White Shroud

| leaders = Khalid al-Hamad

| headquarters =

| area = *Aleppo Governorate

• Hama Governorate{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/03/analysis-insurgents-launch-major-offensive-against-assad-regime-in-hama-province.php|title=Analysis: Insurgents launch major offensive against Assad regime in Hama province - FDD's Long War Journal|website=FDD's Long War Journal|date=24 March 2017}}

| size =

| partof = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mujahideen Shura Council (Syria).svg}} Mujahideen Shura Council (2014–2015)
Hawar Kilis Operations Room (2017-present, Northern Aleppo branch only)
{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} Syrian National Army (July, 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.mei.edu/publications/way-out-russia-and-turkey-idlibs-spiral-violence|title=A way out for Russia and Turkey from Idlib's spiral of violence|work=Middle East Institute|author=Ömer Özkizilcik|date=1 July 2019}}-November, 2019{{cite web|url=http://www.aymennjawad.org/2019/11/the-structure-of-the-syrian-national-army|title=The Structure of the Syrian National Army|author=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi|date=21 November 2019|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126061250/https://www.aymennjawad.org/2019/11/the-structure-of-the-syrian-national-army|url-status=live}})

| predecessor =

| successor =

| allies = {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}https://links.org.au/gulf-and-islamism-syria-myths-and-misconceptions
{{flag|Turkey}}
{{flagicon image|InfoboxHTS.svg}} Tahrir al-Sham
{{flagicon image|Logo of Jaysh al-Islam.jpg}} Jaysh al-Islam
{{flagicon image|Flag of Ahrar ash-Sham.svg}} Ahrar al-Sham
{{flagdeco|Syrian Opposition}} Saraya Ahl al-Sham

| opponents = {{flagdeco|Syria|1980}} Syrian Arab Armed Forces
{{flag|Iran}}
{{flag|Russia}}
{{flagicon image|flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.svg}} Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant{{cite web|url=http://eldorar.com/node/71720|title=ثوار القلمون يطردون تنظيم "الدولة" من مناطق جديدة|work=الدرر الشامية|date=15 March 2015}}
{{flagicon image|InfoboxHez.PNG}} Hezbollah
{{flagicon image|PFLP-GC Flag.svg}} PFLP-GC
{{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}} Syrian Democratic Forces

| battles = Syrian Civil War

• Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign
• Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014)[https://malcolmxtreme.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/soldiers-killed-by-rebels-in-jobar-9-29-2014.jpg Image] malcolmxtreme.files.wordpress.com {{better source|date=March 2024}}
• Eastern Qalamoun offensive (September–October 2016)
• Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–14)
• Battle of Aleppo (2012-2016)
• Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016)
• Siege of Northern Homs
• Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
• 2017 Hama offensive
• Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War
• Operation Euphrates Shield
• Turkish military operation in Afrin{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpmHh9ZJTVw|title = جبهة الأصالة والتنمية كتائب أهل الأثر جانب من مشاركتنا في عملية #غصن_الزيتون عفرين|website = YouTube}}
• Northwestern Syria offensive (April-August 2019)

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The Authenticity and Development Front ({{langx|ar|جبهة الأصالة والتنمية|Jabhat al-'asalah wa'l-tanmiyah}}) is an alliance of rebel groups that is active during the Syrian Civil War. The alliance is considered to be moderate by Charles Lister (from Middle East Institute)Charles Lister, [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2015/11/yes-there-are-70000-moderate-opposition-fighters-in-syria-heres-what-we-know-about-them/ Yes, there are 70,000 moderate opposition fighters in Syria. Here’s what we know about them] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024154718/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2015/11/yes-there-are-70000-moderate-opposition-fighters-in-syria-heres-what-we-know-about-them/ |date=2016-10-24 }}, The Spectator, 27 November 2015 and the BBC.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24403003 Guide to the Syrian rebels], BBC, 13 December 2013