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|name=Syrian Revolutionaries Front
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|native_name_lang= ar
|native_name_lang= ar
|war=the [[Syrian Civil War]]
|war=the [[Syrian Civil War]]
|image=[[File:Syria Revolutionaries Front logo.png|205px]]<br>Logo of the SRF
|image=[[File:Syria Revolutionaries Front logo.png|205px]]<br/>Logo of the SRF
|caption=
|caption=
|active=
|active=*December 2013–5 May 2015 (main [[Idlib]] and [[Aleppo]] branch)<ref name=ds17Dec>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-17/241361-fsa-alliance-pushes-back-against-islamic-front.ashx|title=FSA alliance pushes back against Islamic Front|publisher=The Daily Star|date=17 December 2013|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
* December 2013 – 5 May 2015 (main [[Idlib]] and [[Aleppo]] branch)<ref name=ds17Dec>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-17/241361-fsa-alliance-pushes-back-against-islamic-front.ashx|title=FSA alliance pushes back against Islamic Front|publisher=The Daily Star|date=17 December 2013|accessdate=16 September 2014|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022150229/http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-17/241361-fsa-alliance-pushes-back-against-islamic-front.ashx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*December 2013–present (southern branch)
* December 2013 – 31 July 2018 (southern branch) {{Citation needed|reason=When did SRF declare an end its of activities? Many rebels were evacuated to Idlib and Afrin and operate from those locations now.|date=September 2018}}
|ideology=Non-ideological (overall group)<ref name=CarnegieMEC>{{cite web|author=Lund, Aron|url=http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53910|title=The Syria Revolutionaries’ Front|work=Carnegie Middle East Center|date=13 December 2013|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
|ideology=Non-ideological (overall group)<ref name=CarnegieMEC>{{cite web|author=Lund, Aron|url=http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53910|title=The Syria Revolutionaries' Front|work=Carnegie Middle East Center|date=13 December 2013|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
*[[Islamic democracy]] (majority of groups)
*[[Islamic democracy]] (majority of groups)
*[[Secularism]] (some groups)
*[[Secularism]] (some groups)
|clans=
|clans=
|leaders=*[[Jamal Maarouf]] (overall leader, northern branch)<ref name=ds17Dec/>
|leaders=*[[Jamal Maarouf]] (overall leader, northern branch)<ref name=ds17Dec/>
*Col. Afif Sulaiman (Idlib commander, resigned July 2014)<ref name=CarnegieMEC/>
*Col. [[Afif Suleiman]] (Idlib commander, resigned July 2014)<ref name=CarnegieMEC/>
*Maj. Abu Osama al-Jolani (southern branch)<ref name=progress>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/03/19/as-the-syrian-cease-fire-holds-signs-of-progress-against-extremists/|title=As the Syrian cease-fire holds, signs of progress against extremists|work=[[The Washington Post]]|author=David Ignatius|date=19 March 2016}}</ref>
*Maj. Abu Osama al-Jolani (southern branch)<ref name=progress>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/03/19/as-the-syrian-cease-fire-holds-signs-of-progress-against-extremists/|title=As the Syrian cease-fire holds, signs of progress against extremists|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|author=David Ignatius|date=19 March 2016}}</ref>
*Brig. Gen. Yahya al-Abdi (63rd Southern Division)<ref name=63rd>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldorars.com/en/news/1144|title=Military factions announce the formation of the 63rd Division of Quneitra countryside declaring its objectives|work=Al-Dorar al-Shamia|date=17 August 2017}}</ref>
*Brig. Gen. Yahya al-Abdi (63rd Southern Division)<ref name=63rd>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldorars.com/en/news/1144|title=Military factions announce the formation of the 63rd Division of Quneitra countryside declaring its objectives|work=Al-Dorar al-Shamia|date=17 August 2017}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Capt. Abu Hamza al-Naimi{{KIA}} (southern branch)<ref name=car>{{cite web|url=http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/30656|title=Syria Revolutionaries Front Commander Killed in Car Bomb Attack on Quneitra Base|work=Syria Observer/Enab Baladi|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
*Capt. Abu Hamza al-Naimi{{KIA}} (southern branch)<ref name=car>{{cite web|url=http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/30656|title=Syria Revolutionaries Front Commander Killed in Car Bomb Attack on Quneitra Base|work=Syria Observer/Enab Baladi|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
|headquarters=[[Quneitra Governorate]], [[Syria]]
|headquarters=[[Quneitra Governorate]], [[Syria]]
|area=[[Daraa Governorate]], [[Quneitra Governorate]], [[Rif Dimashq Governorate]], and [[Damascus Governorate]], [[Syria]]<ref name=CarnegieMEC/>
|area=[[Daraa Governorate]], [[Quneitra Governorate]], [[Rif Dimashq Governorate]], and [[Damascus Governorate]], Syria<ref name=CarnegieMEC/>
|strength=*10,000–15,000 ({{small|2014}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/01/06/213669/al-qaida-rebels-leave-mass-grave.html|title=Al Qaida rebels leave mass grave behind as they desert base in Syria|publisher=McClatchy|date=6 January 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
|size=*10,000–15,000 ({{small|2014}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/01/06/213669/al-qaida-rebels-leave-mass-grave.html|title=Al Qaida rebels leave mass grave behind as they desert base in Syria|publisher=McClatchy|date=6 January 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
*7,000 ({{small|2016}})<ref name=progress/>
*7,000 ({{small|2016}})<ref name=progress/>
|partof= {{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} [[Free Syrian Army]]
|partof= {{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} [[Free Syrian Army]]
*{{flagicon image|Logo of the Southern Front.png}} [[Southern Front (Syrian rebel group)|Southern Front]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=55054|title=Does the "Southern Front" Exist?|author=Aron Lund|work=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|accessdate=14 November 2014|date=21 March 2014}}</ref>
*{{flagicon image|Logo of the Southern Front.png}} [[Southern Front (Syrian rebel group)|Southern Front]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=55054|title=Does the "Southern Front" Exist?|author=Aron Lund|work=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|accessdate=14 November 2014|date=21 March 2014}}</ref>
**Southern Alliance<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aldorars.com/en/news/1126|title=A new military alliance in the Syrian south,what does it consist of?|work=Al-Dorar al-Shamia|date=16 August 2017}}</ref>
**Southern Alliance<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aldorars.com/en/news/1126|title=A new military alliance in the Syrian south, what does it consist of?|work=Al-Dorar al-Shamia|date=16 August 2017|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920221722/http://aldorars.com/en/news/1126|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|previous=
|predecessor=
|successor=
|next=
|allies= *{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Saudi Arabia]]
|allies= *{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} (until 2017)
*{{flag|Jordan}}
*{{flag|Jordan}} (until 2018)
*{{flag|Qatar}}
*{{flagicon image|Logo of Jaysh al-Islam.jpg}} [[Jaysh al-Islam]]
*{{flagicon image|Logo of Jaysh al-Islam.jpg}} [[Jaysh al-Islam]]
*[[File:Flag of the Army of Mujahedeen (Syria).png|25px]][[Army of Mujahideen]] (formerly)
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Army of Mujahedeen (Syria).svg}} [[Army of Mujahideen]] (formerly)
*[[File:Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg|25px]] [[Al-Nusra Front]] (sometimes)<ref name=am16dec>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/12/jabhat-al-nusra-islamic-state-clash-qalamoun-risks-daraa.html|title=Jabhat al-Nusra, IS clash in Daraa|work=Al Monitor|accessdate=20 December 2014|date=16 December 2014}}</ref>
*{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg}} [[Al-Nusra Front]] (sometimes)<ref name=am16dec>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/12/jabhat-al-nusra-islamic-state-clash-qalamoun-risks-daraa.html|title=Jabhat al-Nusra, IS clash in Daraa|work=Al Monitor|access-date=20 December 2014|date=16 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220101714/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/12/jabhat-al-nusra-islamic-state-clash-qalamoun-risks-daraa.html|archive-date=20 December 2014}}</ref>
**[[File:Jaish_al-Muhajireen_wal-Ansar.jpg|25px]] [[Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar]] (formerly)<ref name=ni22april>{{Cite web|title=Aleppo: Syria's Stalingrad?|url=http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/aleppo-syrias-stalingrad-10320|date=22 April 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014|publisher=National Interest}}</ref>
**[[File:Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar.jpg|23px]] [[Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar]] (formerly)<ref name=ni22april>{{Cite web|title=Aleppo: Syria's Stalingrad?|url=http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/aleppo-syrias-stalingrad-10320|date=22 April 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014|publisher=National Interest}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]] (until July 2017)
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]] (until July 2017)
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]] (until 2015)
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]] (until 2015)
|opponents= *{{flag|Syria}}
|opponents= *[[File:Syria_Armed_Forces_Emblem.svg|25px]] [[Syrian Armed Forces]]
*[[File:flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.svg|25px]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<ref name=AFP4Jan>{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/05/world/syria-rebels-unite-and-launch-new-revolt-against-jihadists/|title=Syria rebels unite and launch new revolt, against jihadists|publisher=AFP|date=4 January 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<ref name=AFP4Jan>{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/05/world/syria-rebels-unite-and-launch-new-revolt-against-jihadists/|title=Syria rebels unite and launch new revolt, against jihadists|publisher=AFP|date=4 January 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
**[[Khalid ibn al-Walid Army]]
**[[Khalid ibn al-Walid Army]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg}} [[Al-Nusra Front]] (sometimes)
*{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Al-Nusra_Front.svg}} [[Al-Nusra Front]] (sometimes)
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Jund al-Aqsa.svg}} [[Jund al-Aqsa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/28/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idlib-idUSKBN0IH1KW20141028|title=Al Qaeda seizes territory from moderate Syrian group|publisher=Reuters|date=28 October 2014|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=am16dec/>
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Jund al-Aqsa.svg}} [[Jund al-Aqsa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idlib-idUSKBN0IH1KW20141028|title=Al Qaeda seizes territory from moderate Syrian group|publisher=Reuters|date=28 October 2014|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=am16dec/>
|battles=[[Syrian Civil War]]
|battles=[[Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Syrian opposition–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict]]<ref name=gn>{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/region/syria/new-syria-rebel-alliance-declares-war-on-al-qaida-1.1273670|title=New Syria rebel alliance declares war on Al Qaida|publisher=AFP|date=4 January 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
* [[Syrian opposition–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict]]<ref name=gn>{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/region/syria/new-syria-rebel-alliance-declares-war-on-al-qaida-1.1273670|title=New Syria rebel alliance declares war on Al Qaida|publisher=AFP|date=4 January 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
* [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–present)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jul-09/263183-reinforcements-rush-to-aleppo-as-battles-rage.ashx#axzz36N8qKwvx|title=Reinforcements rush to Aleppo as battles rage|publisher=The Daily Star|accessdate=16 September 2014|date=9 July 2014}}</ref>
* [[Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jul-09/263183-reinforcements-rush-to-aleppo-as-battles-rage.ashx#axzz36N8qKwvx|title=Reinforcements rush to Aleppo as battles rage|publisher=The Daily Star|accessdate=16 September 2014|date=9 July 2014}}</ref>
* [[Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign]]
* [[Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign]]
* [[Daraa Governorate campaign]]
* [[Daraa Governorate campaign]]
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** [[ISIL Daraa offensive (February 2017)]]
** [[ISIL Daraa offensive (February 2017)]]
* [[2014 Quneitra offensive]]
* [[2014 Quneitra offensive]]
* [[al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict]]<ref name=ara2nov>{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2014/11/al-qaeda-defeats-syrian-moderate-rebels-idlib/|title=Al-Qaeda defeats Syrian moderate rebels in Idlib|publisher=ARA News|date=2 November 2014|accessdate=3 November 2014}}</ref>
* [[al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict]]<ref name=ara2nov>{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2014/11/al-qaeda-defeats-syrian-moderate-rebels-idlib/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102091431/http://aranews.net/2014/11/al-qaeda-defeats-syrian-moderate-rebels-idlib/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2014|title=Al-Qaeda defeats Syrian moderate rebels in Idlib|publisher=ARA News|date=2 November 2014|accessdate=3 November 2014}}</ref>
}}
}}


The '''Syrian Revolutionaries Front''' ({{lang-ar|جبهة ثوار سوريا}}, ''Jabhat Thowar Suriya'', '''SRF''', also translated '''Syrian Rebel Front'''<ref name=ds17Dec/>) is, according to [[Lebanon]]'s ''[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|Daily Star]]'', an alliance of 14 relatively moderate Islamist and some secular armed groups fighting under the banner of the [[Free Syrian Army]], formed in December 2013, thus according to ''[[Arutz Sheva]]'' further sidelining the FSA and its leadership [[Supreme Military Council (Syria)|Supreme Military Council]].<ref name=arutz2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/175251|title=Syria: New Rebel Alliance to Rival Islamists|publisher=Arutz Sheva|date=17 December 2013|accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref>
The '''Syrian Revolutionaries Front''' ({{langx|ar|جبهة ثوار سوريا}}, ''Jabhat Thowar Suriya'', '''SRF''', also translated '''Syrian Rebel Front'''<ref name=ds17Dec/>) was an alliance of 14 relatively moderate religious and some secular armed groups fighting under the banner of the [[Free Syrian Army]], formed in December 2013, thus according to ''[[Arutz Sheva]]'' further sidelining the FSA and its leadership [[Supreme Military Council (Syria)|Supreme Military Council]].<ref name=arutz2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/175251|title=Syria: New Rebel Alliance to Rival Islamists|publisher=Arutz Sheva|date=17 December 2013|accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref> It was established as a response to the merger of Islamist Syrian rebels into the [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]].<ref name=arutz2013/>
It was established as a response to the merger of Islamist Syrian rebels into the [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]].<ref name=arutz2013/>


==History==
==History==
===Northern branch===
===Northern branch===
In December 2013, following initial clashes, the Islamic Front and the Syrian Revolutionaries Front agreed to reconcile.<ref name=ds18Dec>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-17/241361-fsa-alliance-pushes-back-against-islamic-front.ashx|title=FSA, Islamist factions pledge to reconcile|publisher=The Daily Star|date=18 December 2013|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> The coalition was spearheaded by [[Jamal Maarouf]], head of the [[Syrian Martyrs' Brigades]], largest member group of the SRF based in [[Jabal Zawiya]], [[Idlib Governorate]].<ref name=reuters19jan>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jan-18/244483-syrian-opposition-meet-over-peace-conference.ashx|title=Syrian rebels try to agree peace talks stance in Turkey|publisher=Reuters|date=18 January 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> The group has supported the [[Geneva II Middle East peace conference]] that is aimed at resolving the Syrian civil war.<ref name=reuters19jan/> The group received financial support from [[Saudi Arabia]], while the [[United States]] has reportedly given the group only non-lethal aid like food, medicine and blankets, in part due to concerns over its involvement in [[smuggling]] and [[extortion]].<ref name=srfwapo/>
In December 2013, following initial clashes, the Islamic Front and the Syrian Revolutionaries Front agreed to reconcile.<ref name=ds18Dec>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-17/241361-fsa-alliance-pushes-back-against-islamic-front.ashx|title=FSA, Islamist factions pledge to reconcile|publisher=The Daily Star|date=18 December 2013|accessdate=16 September 2014|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022150229/http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-17/241361-fsa-alliance-pushes-back-against-islamic-front.ashx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The coalition was spearheaded by [[Jamal Maarouf]], head of the [[Syrian Martyrs' Brigades]], largest member group of the SRF based in [[Jabal Zawiya]], [[Idlib Governorate]].<ref name=reuters19jan>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jan-18/244483-syrian-opposition-meet-over-peace-conference.ashx|title=Syrian rebels try to agree peace talks stance in Turkey|publisher=Reuters|date=18 January 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> The group has supported the [[Geneva II Middle East peace conference]] that is aimed at resolving the Syrian civil war.<ref name=reuters19jan/> The group received financial support from [[Saudi Arabia]], while the [[United States]] has reportedly given the group only non-lethal aid like food, medicine and blankets, in part due to concerns over its involvement in [[smuggling]] and [[extortion]].<ref name=srfwapo/>


100 members of the SRF's Wolves of al-Ghab Brigade were killed in clashes with [[al-Qaeda]]'s [[al-Nusra Front]] near [[Jisr al-Shughur]] on 16 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2014/07/isil-jabhat-al-nusra-announces-second-islamic-emirate-syria/|title=After ISIL, Jabhat al-Nusra announces Islamic Emirate in Syria|publisher=ARA News|date=22 July 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
100 members of the SRF's Wolves of al-Ghab Brigade were killed in clashes with [[al-Qaeda]]'s [[al-Nusra Front]] near [[Jisr al-Shughur]] on 16 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2014/07/isil-jabhat-al-nusra-announces-second-islamic-emirate-syria/|title=After ISIL, Jabhat al-Nusra announces Islamic Emirate in Syria|publisher=ARA News|date=22 July 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014|archive-date=16 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016172645/http://aranews.net/2014/07/isil-jabhat-al-nusra-announces-second-islamic-emirate-syria/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In late October 2014 clashes erupted again between the SRF and al-Nusra in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of Idlib, over the following days, dozens of SRF fighters defected to Nusra and the group lost control of numerous villages as they withdrew their forces from the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/01/us-syria-crisis-nusra-idUSKBN0IL2QT20141101 |title=Al Qaeda group seizes bastion of Western-backed rebels in Syria's Idlib region|publisher=Reuters|date=1 November 2014|accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref> Maarouf and some of his followers relocated to [[Turkey]], however around half of his men in the region remained behind and accepted the change of control rather than fight.<ref name=srfwapo>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-rise-and-ugly-fall-of-a-moderate-syrian-rebel-offers-lessons-for-the-west/2015/01/04/3889db38-80da-4974-b1ef-1886f4183624_story.html|title=The rise and ugly fall of a moderate Syrian rebel offers lessons for the West|publisher=Washington Post|date=5 January 2015|accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref>
In late October 2014 clashes erupted again between the SRF and al-Nusra in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of Idlib, over the following days, dozens of SRF fighters defected to Nusra and the group lost control of numerous villages as they withdrew their forces from the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-nusra-idUSKBN0IL2QT20141101 |title=Al Qaeda group seizes bastion of Western-backed rebels in Syria's Idlib region|publisher=Reuters|date=1 November 2014|accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref> Maarouf and some of his followers relocated to [[Turkey]], however around half of his men in the region remained behind and accepted the change of control rather than fight.<ref name=srfwapo>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-rise-and-ugly-fall-of-a-moderate-syrian-rebel-offers-lessons-for-the-west/2015/01/04/3889db38-80da-4974-b1ef-1886f4183624_story.html|title=The rise and ugly fall of a moderate Syrian rebel offers lessons for the West|newspaper=Washington Post|date=5 January 2015|accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref>


On 5 May 2015, some of the former members of the [[Hazzm Movement]], the Syria Revolutionaries Front based in the north, [[Jabhat al-Akrad]], the [[Dawn of Freedom Brigades]] and smaller FSA groups formed the [[Army of Revolutionaries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/archicivilians/status/594842226057814016|title=#Syria: Seven FSA groups (incl. Jabhat Akrad, Shams Shamal & Homs Revolutionary Union) form "The Revolutionary Army". |work=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Syria_Rebel_Obs/status/594833226851610624|title=#SRO - EXCLUSIVE - Former Hazzm and #SRF forces allied with kurds and some #FSA small units to create Jaysh al-Thuwar (in 4 governorates).|work=Twitter}}</ref> Many of their northern members also dissolved into the [[Levant Front]].
On 5 May 2015, some of the former members of the [[Hazzm Movement]], the Syria Revolutionaries Front based in the north, [[Jabhat al-Akrad]], the [[Dawn of Freedom Brigades]] and smaller FSA groups formed the [[Army of Revolutionaries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/archicivilians/status/594842226057814016|title=#Syria: Seven FSA groups (incl. Jabhat Akrad, Shams Shamal & Homs Revolutionary Union) form "The Revolutionary Army". |work=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Syria_Rebel_Obs/status/594833226851610624|title=#SRO - EXCLUSIVE - Former Hazzm and #SRF forces allied with kurds and some #FSA small units to create Jaysh al-Thuwar (in 4 governorates).|work=Twitter}}</ref> Many of their northern members also dissolved into the [[Levant Front]].


During the [[Turkish military intervention in Syria]] which started in late August 2016, some members of the Syrian Revolutionaries Front and the Hazm Movement in exile from Turkey crossed into Syria through [[Jarabulus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alquds.co.uk/?p=592205|title=Threatens to exit "Arab factions" him: repercussions Turkish intervention shake Syria's alliance forces of democracy east of the Euphrates|work=Al-Quds al-Arabi|date=3 September 2016}}</ref>
During the [[Turkish military intervention in Syria (August 2016 – March 2017)|Turkish military intervention in Syria]] which started in late August 2016, some members of the Syrian Revolutionaries Front and the Hazm Movement in exile from Turkey crossed into Syria through [[Jarabulus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alquds.co.uk/?p=592205|title=Threatens to exit "Arab factions" him: repercussions Turkish intervention shake Syria's alliance forces of democracy east of the Euphrates|work=Al-Quds al-Arabi|date=3 September 2016}}</ref>


====Northern groups (now defunct)====
====Northern groups (now defunct)====
* [[Syrian Martyrs' Brigades]]<ref name=CarnegieMEC/>
* [[Syrian Martyrs' Brigades]]<ref name=CarnegieMEC/>
* [[Idlib Military Council]] (dissolved in June 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/27392/Military+Council+Leaders+Resign|title=Military Council Leaders Resign|work=Syrian Observer|date=16 June 2014}}</ref>
* [[Idlib Military Council]] (dissolved in June 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/27392/Military+Council+Leaders+Resign|title=Military Council Leaders Resign|work=Syrian Observer|date=16 June 2014|access-date=2 August 2017|archive-date=11 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032249/http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/27392/Military+Council+Leaders+Resign|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Idlib Martyrs' Brigade]]
* [[Idlib Martyrs' Brigade]]
* Ansar Brigades
* Ansar Brigades
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* Free North Brigade
* Free North Brigade
* Northern [[Farouq Brigades|Farouq Battalions]]
* Northern [[Farouq Brigades|Farouq Battalions]]
* [[Mountain Hawks Brigade]] (left to join the 5th Corps in September 2014)
* Hama Farouq Battalions
* Hama Farouq Battalions
* [[Khalid ibn al-Walid Brigade]] (left in July 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/ar/orient/558119-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7|title=Brigade Khalid bin Walid withdraw from Syria Revolutionaries Front|work=Now News|date=31 July 2014}}</ref>
* [[Khalid ibn al-Walid Brigade]] (left in July 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/ar/orient/558119-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7|title=Brigade Khalid bin Walid withdraw from Syria Revolutionaries Front|work=Now News|date=31 July 2014|access-date=2 August 2017|archive-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019181539/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/ar/orient/558119-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Union of Free Zawiya Brigades (left in May 2014 to join the Syrian Salvation Front)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/455337|title=Armed factions in the "Idlib" announces the formation of "rescue Syria Front"|work=Egypt Independent|date=29 May 2014}}</ref>
* Union of Free Zawiya Brigades (left in May 2014 to join the Syrian Salvation Front)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/455337|title=Armed factions in the "Idlib" announces the formation of "rescue Syria Front"|work=Egypt Independent|date=29 May 2014}}</ref>
** [[Northern Democratic Brigade|Al-Qaqaa Brigade]]
** [[Northern Democratic Brigade|Al-Qaqaa Brigade]]
* 9th Special Forces Division of Aleppo (left in January 2014 to join the [[Hazzm Movement]])
* 9th Special Forces Division of Aleppo (left in January 2014 to join the [[Hazzm Movement]])
*[[Saladin Ayubi Brigade|Syrian Kurdish Revolutionary Council (Komala)]] (joined in April 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zamanalwsl.net/news/article/48312|title="Komala" declares joining the Syrian rebel front|work=Zaman al-Wasl|date=5 April 2014}}</ref> left in October 2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eldorar.com/node/61229|title=The withdrawal of the Syrian Kurdish Revolutionary Council from the Syrian rebel front|work=El-Dorar al-Shamia|date=16 October 2014}}</ref>


===Southern branch===
===Southern branch===
The group is currently only active in southern Syria, as a member of a [[Southern Front (Syrian rebel group)|Southern Front]] group, and previously part of the [[First Army (Syrian rebel group)|First Army]] of the Southern Front. On 2 March 2016, a [[car bomb]] explosion targeted the SRF headquarters in [[Quneitra]] and killed its commander [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] Abu Hamza al-Naimi and 4 other field commanders.<ref name=car/> Some time in 2016, the SRF's branch in [[Jubata al-Khashab]] split into 3 factions. The local SRF commander in the area also defected to the [[Golan Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rubincenter.org/2017/07/israels-relations-with-the-syrian-rebels-an-assessment/|title=Arab Media: Israeli Bombardment Killed, Wounded Targets inside Syria|author=[[Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi]]|editor=Jonathan Spyer|publisher=Rubin Center|date=3 July 2017|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
The group is currently only active in southern Syria, as a member of a [[Southern Front (Syrian rebel group)|Southern Front]] group, and previously part of the [[First Army (Syrian rebel group)|First Army]] of the Southern Front. On 2 March 2016, a [[car bomb]] explosion targeted the SRF headquarters in [[Quneitra]] and killed its commander [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] Abu Hamza al-Naimi and 4 other field commanders.<ref name=car/> Some time in 2016, the SRF's branch in [[Jubata al-Khashab]] split into 3 factions. The local SRF commander in the area also defected to the [[Golan Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rubincenter.org/2017/07/israels-relations-with-the-syrian-rebels-an-assessment/|title=Arab Media: Israeli Bombardment Killed, Wounded Targets inside Syria|author=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi|author-link=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi|editor=Jonathan Spyer|editor-link=Jonathan Spyer|publisher=Rubin Center|date=3 July 2017|accessdate=4 July 2017|archive-date=9 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709103919/http://www.rubincenter.org/2017/07/israels-relations-with-the-syrian-rebels-an-assessment/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


On 6 April 2017, clashes erupted between the SRF and [[Jabhat Ansar al-Islam]] in the northern [[Quneitra]] countryside, which resulted in 7 rebels being killed. Government forces shelled the area on the same day, which resulted in a ceasefire between the two rebel groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.all4syria.info/Archive/400767|title=Dead and wounded in clashes between two factions revolutionists north of Quneitra|work=All4Syria|date=7 April 2017}}</ref>
On 6 April 2017, clashes erupted between the SRF and [[Jabhat Ansar al-Islam]] in the northern [[Quneitra]] countryside, which resulted in 7 rebels being killed. Government forces shelled the area on the same day, which resulted in a ceasefire between the two rebel groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.all4syria.info/Archive/400767|title=Dead and wounded in clashes between two factions revolutionists north of Quneitra|work=All4Syria|date=7 April 2017}}</ref>
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* 1st Infantry Division<ref name=1st>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alghadalsoury.com/2017/07/31/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AA/|title=SYRIAN REVOLUTIONARY FRONT ANNOUNCES NEW STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION|work=Syria's Tomorrow|date=31 July 2017}}</ref>
* 1st Infantry Division<ref name=1st>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alghadalsoury.com/2017/07/31/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AA/|title=SYRIAN REVOLUTIONARY FRONT ANNOUNCES NEW STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION|work=Syria's Tomorrow|date=31 July 2017}}</ref>
** 1st Infantry Gathering
** 1st Infantry Gathering
** Gathering of Righteousness<ref>{{cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566891-fsa-factions-reorganizing-in-southern-syria|title=FSA factions reorganizing in southern Syria|first=Albin |last=Szakola|publisher=|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref>
** Gathering of Righteousness<ref>{{cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566891-fsa-factions-reorganizing-in-southern-syria|title=FSA factions reorganizing in southern Syria|first=Albin|last=Szakola|publisher=|accessdate=6 July 2016|archive-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019125641/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566891-fsa-factions-reorganizing-in-southern-syria|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*** Brigade of Two Holy Mosques
*** Brigade of Two Holy Mosques
** Union of the Unity of the Nation
** Union of the Unity of the Nation
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*Riyad al-Salehin Battalions of Damascus
*Riyad al-Salehin Battalions of Damascus
*Special Assignments Regiment of Damascus
*Special Assignments Regiment of Damascus
**Armenian Battalion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.akhbaralaan.net/news/arab-world/2014/03/23/syria-announcement-forming-armed-battalion-fighters-armenian-christian-network-fighting-internet|title=Armenian Christian Battalion|work=[[Al Aan TV]]|author=Jawad al-Arbeni|date=23 March 2014}}</ref>
*Helpers Brigades
*Helpers Brigades
*Southern Swords Division<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRKekmdPF24|title=مميز// تشكيل فرقة سيف الجنوب في المنطقة الجنوبية بسوريا 5/6/2016|first=|last=احمد الجولاني|date=5 June 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref>
*Southern Swords Division<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRKekmdPF24|title=مميز// تشكيل فرقة سيف الجنوب في المنطقة الجنوبية بسوريا 5/6/2016|last=احمد الجولاني|date=5 June 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref>
*Martyr Captain Abu Hamza al-Naimi Union
*Martyr Captain Abu Hamza al-Naimi Union
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[[Category:Anti-government factions of the Syrian Civil War]]
[[Category:Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2013]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2013]]
[[Category:2013 establishments in Syria]]
[[Category:2013 establishments in Syria]]

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Syrian Revolutionaries Front
جبهة ثوار سوريا
Leaders
  • Jamal Maarouf (overall leader, northern branch)[1]
  • Col. Afif Suleiman (Idlib commander, resigned July 2014)[2]
  • Maj. Abu Osama al-Jolani (southern branch)[3]
  • Brig. Gen. Yahya al-Abdi (63rd Southern Division)[4]
  • Capt. Abu Hamza al-Naimi † (southern branch)[5]
Dates of operation
HeadquartersQuneitra Governorate, Syria
Active regionsDaraa Governorate, Quneitra Governorate, Rif Dimashq Governorate, and Damascus Governorate, Syria[2]
IdeologyNon-ideological (overall group)[2]
Size
  • 10,000–15,000 (2014)[6]
  • 7,000 (2016)[3]
Part ofSyrian opposition Free Syrian Army
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Syrian Revolutionaries Front (Arabic: جبهة ثوار سوريا, Jabhat Thowar Suriya, SRF, also translated Syrian Rebel Front[1]) was an alliance of 14 relatively moderate religious and some secular armed groups fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army, formed in December 2013, thus according to Arutz Sheva further sidelining the FSA and its leadership Supreme Military Council.[16] It was established as a response to the merger of Islamist Syrian rebels into the Islamic Front.[16]

History

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Northern branch

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In December 2013, following initial clashes, the Islamic Front and the Syrian Revolutionaries Front agreed to reconcile.[17] The coalition was spearheaded by Jamal Maarouf, head of the Syrian Martyrs' Brigades, largest member group of the SRF based in Jabal Zawiya, Idlib Governorate.[18] The group has supported the Geneva II Middle East peace conference that is aimed at resolving the Syrian civil war.[18] The group received financial support from Saudi Arabia, while the United States has reportedly given the group only non-lethal aid like food, medicine and blankets, in part due to concerns over its involvement in smuggling and extortion.[19]

100 members of the SRF's Wolves of al-Ghab Brigade were killed in clashes with al-Qaeda's al-Nusra Front near Jisr al-Shughur on 16 July 2014.[20]

In late October 2014 clashes erupted again between the SRF and al-Nusra in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of Idlib, over the following days, dozens of SRF fighters defected to Nusra and the group lost control of numerous villages as they withdrew their forces from the region.[21] Maarouf and some of his followers relocated to Turkey, however around half of his men in the region remained behind and accepted the change of control rather than fight.[19]

On 5 May 2015, some of the former members of the Hazzm Movement, the Syria Revolutionaries Front based in the north, Jabhat al-Akrad, the Dawn of Freedom Brigades and smaller FSA groups formed the Army of Revolutionaries.[22][23] Many of their northern members also dissolved into the Levant Front.

During the Turkish military intervention in Syria which started in late August 2016, some members of the Syrian Revolutionaries Front and the Hazm Movement in exile from Turkey crossed into Syria through Jarabulus.[24]

Northern groups (now defunct)

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Southern branch

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The group is currently only active in southern Syria, as a member of a Southern Front group, and previously part of the First Army of the Southern Front. On 2 March 2016, a car bomb explosion targeted the SRF headquarters in Quneitra and killed its commander Captain Abu Hamza al-Naimi and 4 other field commanders.[5] Some time in 2016, the SRF's branch in Jubata al-Khashab split into 3 factions. The local SRF commander in the area also defected to the Golan Regiment.[30]

On 6 April 2017, clashes erupted between the SRF and Jabhat Ansar al-Islam in the northern Quneitra countryside, which resulted in 7 rebels being killed. Government forces shelled the area on the same day, which resulted in a ceasefire between the two rebel groups.[31]

On 31 July 2017, 5 SRF groups in Daraa and Quneitra merged into the 1st Infantry Division and established a unified command structure for the SRF.[32]

Southern groups

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  • 1st Infantry Division[32]
    • 1st Infantry Gathering
    • Gathering of Righteousness[33]
      • Brigade of Two Holy Mosques
    • Union of the Unity of the Nation
    • Saladin Brigades
    • Tank Brigade
  • 63rd Southern Division[4]
    • Dawn of the Levant Union
    • Abu Dujana Brigades
    • Jafar al-Tayyar Brigade
    • Lions of Mercy Brigade
    • Free Yarmouk Brigade
    • Hazm Brigade
    • Mercy Brigade
    • Southern Martyrs Brigade
    • Martyr Abdul Rahim Samour Brigade
    • Special Tasks Brigade
  • Coming Victory Brigade
  • 7th Division
  • Riyad al-Salehin Battalions of Damascus
  • Special Assignments Regiment of Damascus
    • Armenian Battalion[34]
  • Helpers Brigades
  • Southern Swords Division[35]
  • Martyr Captain Abu Hamza al-Naimi Union
Former
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "FSA alliance pushes back against Islamic Front". The Daily Star. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Lund, Aron (13 December 2013). "The Syria Revolutionaries' Front". Carnegie Middle East Center. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b David Ignatius (19 March 2016). "As the Syrian cease-fire holds, signs of progress against extremists". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ a b "Military factions announce the formation of the 63rd Division of Quneitra countryside declaring its objectives". Al-Dorar al-Shamia. 17 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Syria Revolutionaries Front Commander Killed in Car Bomb Attack on Quneitra Base". Syria Observer/Enab Baladi. 3 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Al Qaida rebels leave mass grave behind as they desert base in Syria". McClatchy. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  7. ^ Aron Lund (21 March 2014). "Does the "Southern Front" Exist?". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  8. ^ "A new military alliance in the Syrian south, what does it consist of?". Al-Dorar al-Shamia. 16 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Jabhat al-Nusra, IS clash in Daraa". Al Monitor. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Aleppo: Syria's Stalingrad?". National Interest. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Syria rebels unite and launch new revolt, against jihadists". AFP. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Al Qaeda seizes territory from moderate Syrian group". Reuters. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  13. ^ "New Syria rebel alliance declares war on Al Qaida". AFP. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Reinforcements rush to Aleppo as battles rage". The Daily Star. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  15. ^ "Al-Qaeda defeats Syrian moderate rebels in Idlib". ARA News. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  16. ^ a b "Syria: New Rebel Alliance to Rival Islamists". Arutz Sheva. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  17. ^ "FSA, Islamist factions pledge to reconcile". The Daily Star. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Syrian rebels try to agree peace talks stance in Turkey". Reuters. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  19. ^ a b "The rise and ugly fall of a moderate Syrian rebel offers lessons for the West". Washington Post. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  20. ^ "After ISIL, Jabhat al-Nusra announces Islamic Emirate in Syria". ARA News. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  21. ^ "Al Qaeda group seizes bastion of Western-backed rebels in Syria's Idlib region". Reuters. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  22. ^ "#Syria: Seven FSA groups (incl. Jabhat Akrad, Shams Shamal & Homs Revolutionary Union) form "The Revolutionary Army"". Twitter.
  23. ^ "#SRO - EXCLUSIVE - Former Hazzm and #SRF forces allied with kurds and some #FSA small units to create Jaysh al-Thuwar (in 4 governorates)". Twitter.
  24. ^ "Threatens to exit "Arab factions" him: repercussions Turkish intervention shake Syria's alliance forces of democracy east of the Euphrates". Al-Quds al-Arabi. 3 September 2016.
  25. ^ "Military Council Leaders Resign". Syrian Observer. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  26. ^ "Brigade Khalid bin Walid withdraw from Syria Revolutionaries Front". Now News. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  27. ^ "Armed factions in the "Idlib" announces the formation of "rescue Syria Front"". Egypt Independent. 29 May 2014.
  28. ^ ""Komala" declares joining the Syrian rebel front". Zaman al-Wasl. 5 April 2014.
  29. ^ "The withdrawal of the Syrian Kurdish Revolutionary Council from the Syrian rebel front". El-Dorar al-Shamia. 16 October 2014.
  30. ^ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (3 July 2017). Jonathan Spyer (ed.). "Arab Media: Israeli Bombardment Killed, Wounded Targets inside Syria". Rubin Center. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  31. ^ "Dead and wounded in clashes between two factions revolutionists north of Quneitra". All4Syria. 7 April 2017.
  32. ^ a b "SYRIAN REVOLUTIONARY FRONT ANNOUNCES NEW STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION". Syria's Tomorrow. 31 July 2017.
  33. ^ Szakola, Albin. "FSA factions reorganizing in southern Syria". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  34. ^ Jawad al-Arbeni (23 March 2014). "Armenian Christian Battalion". Al Aan TV.
  35. ^ احمد الجولاني (5 June 2016). "مميز// تشكيل فرقة سيف الجنوب في المنطقة الجنوبية بسوريا 5/6/2016" – via YouTube.
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