Free Palestine Movement

Free Palestine Movement
Free Palestine Movement
حركة فلسطين حرة
	Logo of the Free Palestine Movement
Leaders	Yasser Qashlaq (political leader); Saed Abd Al-Aal (military commander);
Dates of operation	c. 2003 – present
Group(s)	Al-Aqsa Shield Forces; Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni Battalions; Saraya Bader;
Active regions	Palestine, Syria, Lebanon
Ideology	Palestinian nationalism; Anti-Zionism
Allies	Syrian Arab Armed Forces; National Defense Forces; Fatah al-Intifada
Opponents	Free Syrian Army; Ahrar al-Sham; Jaysh al-Islam; Al-Nusra Front; Islamic State; Israel
Battles and wars	Israeli–Palestinian conflict Blockade of the Gaza Strip; Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian Civil War; Syrian Civil War Siege of Yarmouk Camp Southern Damascus offensive (March 2018); Southern Damascus offensive (April–May 2018); ; Siege of Eastern Ghouta Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018); ; Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017) Battle of Deir ez-Zor (September–November 2017); ; Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present); Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019); Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020);

The Free Palestine Movement (Arabic: حركة فلسطين حرة) is a Palestinian Syrian armed movement and community organization that is led by the businessman Yasser Qashlaq and supported the Ba'athist government of Syria. The organization opposes the existence of Israel, and was mostly known for political activism and social services in favor of Palestinians in Syria and the Gaza Strip before 2012. Upon the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, however, the Free Palestine Movement formed its own militias and openly fought for the Ba'athist government against various rebel groups until the fall of the Assad regime in 2024.