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Revolutionary Commando Army

The Syrian Free Army (SFA),[a] also known as the New Syrian Army (NSA),[b] or Revolutionary Commando Army,[20] is a Syrian opposition faction which controls territory near Syria's border with Iraq and Jordan. It has been trained by United States Army and hosted at al-Tanf.[20][19][21]

Syrian Free Army

  • Muhammad Farid (since October 2022)[1]
  • Muhammad Ahmad[2] (until October 2022)[1]
  • Captain Abdullah al-Zoubi[3]
    (since December 2016, MaT)
  • Bara Fares[4]
    (media spokesperson)
  • Muhammad Jarrah[5]
    (spokesman)
  • Khazal al-Sarhan[6]
    (until December 2016, NSYA)
  • Mozahem al-Saloum[7]
    (spokesperson, former, NSYA)

May 2015 – Dec 2016 (New Syrian Army)

Dec 2016 — Nov 2022 (Maghaweir Al-Thowra)
Nov 2022 — present (Syrian Free Army)
  • Ghosts of the Desert[8]
  • Allahu Akbar Brigade

Al-Tanf

Homs Governorate, Rif Dimashq Governorate, and Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Anbar Governorate, Iraq

Syrian opposition

Active

Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army
Syrian opposition Authenticity and Development Front (until August 2016)[14]

Southern Front[15]

 United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom[17]
Norway Norway (until 2018)[18]
Jordan Jordan (until 2018)[15]

 Islamic State[19]
Syria Syrian Armed Forces
Islamic Resistance in Iraq

Syrian Civil War

2023 American–Middle East conflict

Founded as an expansion of the Allahu Akbar Brigade 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 Maghawir al-Thawra.[22] In 2022 it rebranded as the Syrian Free Army following disputes between different factions of its leadership.