First Army (Syrian rebel group)

First Army
Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Active 1 January 2015 – present[1]
Leaders Col. Saber Safar
Area of operations Daraa Governorate
Quneitra Governorate[2]
Strength 5,000[3]-10,000[1]
Part of Free Syrian Army
Southern Front[4]
Allies al-Nusra Front[5] (previously)
Islamic Front[6]
Opponents Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
Battles and wars Syrian Civil War

The First Army was created on 1 January 2015 in an effort to unify rebel ranks in southern Syria. Three prominent rebel units merged under this command structure.[4] On 13 April 2015, it joined a number of other Southern Front affiliates in condemning al-Nusra's ideology and discontinuing all forms of cooperation with it.[7]

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