Free Idlib Army

Free Idlib Army
Free Idlib Army
جيش إدلب الحر
Leaders	Top commanders, since July 2017: Col. Afif Suleiman (overall commander, since 2019); Lt. Col. Suhaib Leoush (overall commander, until 2019); Capt. Naji Mustafa (deputy commander); Capt. Dumar Qanatri (chief of staff); Other commanders: Lt. Col. Nasha'at Haj Ahmad (Mountain Hawks Brigade); Lt. Col. Ahmed al-Saud (13th Division); Former: Capt. Hassan Haj Ali (Mountain Hawks Brigade and overall commander, until July 2017); Col. Ali al-Samahi † (chief of staff, assassinated in April 2017); 1st Lt. Mohamed Khalid Bayoush (Northern Division and alternate deputy commander, until July 2017); Lt. Col. Fares Bayoush (former Northern Division and deputy commander, resigned in January 2017); Amin Haj Ali † (field commander, killed in March 2019);
Dates of operation	19 September 2016 – November, 2023
Group(s)	Mountain Hawks Brigade; Northern Division; 13th Division (2016-2017); Saraqib Revolutionaries Front;
Active regions	Northwestern Syria Idlib Governorate; Aleppo Governorate; Hama Governorate; Latakia Governorate;
Ideology	Syrian nationalism
Size	6,000 fighters (including 200 officers, late 2016);
Part of	Free Syrian Army; Syrian National Army National Front for Liberation; Fatah Halab (2016)
Allies	Sham Legion; Ahrar al-Sham; 21st Combined Force; Tahrir al-Sham (occasionally); Qatar; Saudi Arabia (2017); Turkey; United States (until July 2017);
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces; Islamic State; Syrian Democratic Forces; Jund al-Aqsa; (since 2017); Tahrir al-Sham (occasionally);
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War; Battle of Aleppo (2012–16) Aleppo offensive (September-October 2016); ; Turkish military intervention in the Syrian Civil War; Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present); 2016 Hama offensive; Idlib Governorate clashes (2017); Hama offensive (March–April 2017); Hama offensive (September 2017); Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018);

The Free Idlib Army (Arabic: جيش إدلب الحر Jaysh ʾIdlib al-Ḥarr) was a Syrian rebel coalition consisting of 3 armed groups from northwestern Syria affiliated with the Free Syrian Army: the 13th Division, the Northern Division, and the Mountain Hawks Brigade

Free Idlib Army
جيش إدلب الحر
Leaders	Top commanders, since July 2017: Col. Afif Suleiman (overall commander, since 2019) Lt. Col. Suhaib Leoush (overall commander, until 2019) Capt. Naji Mustafa (deputy commander) Capt. Dumar Qanatri (chief of staff) Other commanders: Lt. Col. Nasha'at Haj Ahmad (Mountain Hawks Brigade) Lt. Col. Ahmed al-Saud (13th Division) Former: Capt. Hassan Haj Ali (Mountain Hawks Brigade and overall commander, until July 2017) Col. Ali al-Samahi † (chief of staff, assassinated in April 2017) 1st Lt. Mohamed Khalid Bayoush (Northern Division and alternate deputy commander, until July 2017) Lt. Col. Fares Bayoush (former Northern Division and deputy commander, resigned in January 2017) Amin Haj Ali † (field commander, killed in March 2019)
Dates of operation	19 September 2016 – November, 2023
Group(s)	Mountain Hawks Brigade Northern Division 13th Division (2016-2017) Saraqib Revolutionaries Front
Active regions	Northwestern Syria Idlib Governorate Aleppo Governorate Hama Governorate Latakia Governorate
Ideology	Syrian nationalism
Size	6,000 fighters (including 200 officers, late 2016)
Part of	Free Syrian Army Syrian National Army National Front for Liberation Fatah Halab (2016)
Allies	Sham Legion Ahrar al-Sham 21st Combined Force Tahrir al-Sham (occasionally) Qatar Saudi Arabia (2017) Turkey United States (until July 2017)
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces Islamic State Syrian Democratic Forces Jund al-Aqsa (since 2017) Tahrir al-Sham (occasionally)
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–16) Aleppo offensive (September-October 2016) Turkish military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present) 2016 Hama offensive Idlib Governorate clashes (2017) Hama offensive (March–April 2017) Hama offensive (September 2017) Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018)