Syrian Free Army

Syrian Free Army
Syrian Free Army
Leaders	Salem Turki al-Antri (February 2024 – present); Muhammad Farid al-Qasim (September 2022 – February 2024); Muhannad Al-Talla (? – September 2022); Captain Abdullah al-Zoubi; (since December 2016, RCA); Bara Fares; (media spokesperson); Muhammad Jarrah; (spokesman); Khazal al-Sarhan; (until December 2016, NSA); Mozahem al-Saloum; (spokesperson, former, NSA);
Dates of operation	May 2015 – December 2016 (New Syrian Army) December 2016 – November 2022 (Revolutionary Commando Army) November 2022 – May 2025 (Syrian Free Army)
Group(s)	Ghosts of the Desert; Allahu Akbar Brigade;
Headquarters	Al-Tanf
Active regions	Damascus Governorate; Homs Governorate; Rif Dimashq Governorate; Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria; Anbar Governorate, Iraq
Ideology	Democracy; Secularism; Anti-Assadism
Status	Active
Size	120 (2015); 300 (2016); 40–60 (November 2017); 300 (October 2018); 500 (2023); 3,000 (October 2024); 600 (December 2024);
Part of	Free Syrian Army; Authenticity and Development Front (until August 2016)
Allies	Southern Front; Lions of the East Army; Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo; Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; United States; United Kingdom; France; Norway (until 2018); Jordan (until 2018); Poland; Suqour al-Sham; Southern Operations Room; Anti-Terrorism Force;
Opponents	Islamic State; Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war Al-Tanf offensive; Abu Kamal offensive; 2016–2017 Desert campaign; 2017 Desert offensive; American-led intervention; Opposition–IS conflict; 2024 Syrian opposition offensives 2024 Homs offensive; Palmyra offensive (2024); Fall of Damascus; ; ; 2023 American–Middle East conflict;
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	^ A: The NSA/RCA/SFA received thousands of Polish produced Beryl WZ 96C automatic rifles, through the Timber Sycamore program.;

The Syrian Free Army (SFA, Arabic: جيش سوريا الحرة), previously known as the Revolutionary Commando Army (RCA, Arabic: جيش مغاوير الثورة), and the New Syrian Army (NSA, Arabic: جيش سوريا الجديد), was a United States Army-trained opposition faction in southeast Syria. It has been hosted at the US military al-Tanf base and currently as al-Tanf forces within the 70th division of the Syrian Army.

Founded as an expansion of the Authenticity and Development Front by Syrian Arab Army defectors and other rebels during the Syrian civil war on 20 May 2015, the New Syrian Army sought to expel the Islamic State from southeastern Syria. In December 2016, the New Syrian Army dissolved, and the remnants of the group formed the Revolutionary Commando Army.

The group was known for corruption, which led to the U.S. Central Command dismissing its former top official Mohanad al-Tala in 2022. In the aftermath, following an alleged U.S. Central Command attempt to integrate the group into the Syrian Democratic Forces, it rebranded as the Syrian Free Army.

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