First Army (Syrian rebel group)
First Army | |
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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]
Member groups
- Syria Revolutionaries Front (southern affiliates, such as Omari Brigades[8])
- 1st Artillery Regiment[4]
- First Assembly[9]
- Hamzah Brigade[10]
See also
References
- 1 2 "More than 10.000 Free Syrian Army fighters announce the formation of the "First Army" in southern Syria". Shaam Times. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ "3 Islamic brigades "al-Hamza brigade, the first artillery convoy, SRF" announced a full union and formed "the first army"". SOHR. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ "Moderate rebel factions unite in southern Syria". Asharq Al-Awsat. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Three important Free Syrian Army factions decided, at this 2015 new year, to create the First Army". SRO. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ "Armed opposition advance in southern Syria". Reuters. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ↑ "Al Nusrah Front, Western-backed rebels overrun key regime base south of Damascus". Long War Journal. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ↑ . Halab Today TV https://www.facebook.com/HalabTodayTV/posts/1124905374193566. Retrieved 14 April 2015. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ "Syria dissident groups still not united". Al Monitor. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/3rtgan/daraa_southern_front_announcement_of_the_largest/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/684455498456936448
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