Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024, after the rebel military operation “Deterrence of Aggression” and the establishment of a ...

The Free Syrian Army, or FSA, is the largest group within ... Some of them have been incorporated into the SMC structure, while others, particularly fringe extremist groups, remain independent.

The backbone of the army are the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham units that came out of Idlib and had fought Assad’s military for years, ...

Free Syrian Army (FSA) was positioned as the official army of the opposition during Syrian civil war. Active for a period in all fronts of the country, the army lost power as a result of external ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly in his annual state of the nation speech at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 3. Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the ...

The Syrian Free Army, a group of Syrians who were trained and backed by the US in Syria, is seeking to find a role as the country undergoes rapid changes. The SFA was based in Tanf, a small base ...

Gen. Abd al-Ilah al-Bashir is the head of the Supreme Military Council, the military command structure set up by the Free Syrian Army in 2012. He has a combat background and is considered a ...

The US-backed Syrian Free Army made further advances in Homs' eastern countryside, with reports of ongoing clashes with Bashar al-Assad's regime forces in Palmyra, central Syria, on Friday evening.