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The Free Syrian Army (FSA; Arabic: الجيش السوري الحر, romanized: al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war [39] [40] founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces.
Riad Mousa al-Asaad (Arabic: رياض موسى الأسعد, pronounced [riˈjɑːdˤ ˈmuːsa lˈʔæsʕæd]; born 2 February 1961) is a Syrian military officer and politician who is the founding leader of the Free Syrian Army.
Salem Turki al-Antri (Arabic: سالم تركي العنتري), known formally in his capacity as Emir of the Badia by the honorary name Abu Saddam al-Ansari, [1] is a Syrian military officer serving as the leader of the U.S.-backed Syrian Free Army (SFA). [2]
Following another meeting with US forces, the group changed its name to the Syrian Free Army on 23 October 2022. [23] On 29 February 2024, the Syrian Free Army announced the appointment of Salem Turki al-Antri as their new leader, replacing Muhammad Farid al-Qasim. The announcement was made through a statement and photos on the group's official ...
The Syrian National Army (SNA), a Turkish-backed coalition formed from the loose umbrella group of armed northern Syrian opposition factions known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA), worked together ...
By 2014, the number of defecting officers had reached approximately 170,000, from different ranks. They formed the Free Syrian Army on 29 July 2011 (interview with Riad Al-Asaad - the founder and leader of the Free Syrian Army), and at the beginning of the conflict they depended on light weapons. The arming of the Free Syrian Army began in mid ...
The country plunged into a full-scale civil war as a rebel force was formed, known as the Free Syrian Army, to combat government troops. Since the 2020 ceasefire agreement, the conflict has ...
Qassem Saadeddine (Arabic: قاسم سعد الدين) is a Syrian former military officer and pilot and a prominent figure in the Syrian civil war. A former colonel in the Syrian Air Force, he defected from the Ba'athist Syrian government forces in February 2012 and became a key leader within the Free Syrian Army. He was the commander of the ...