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The '''Idlib Military Council''' is a Syrian rebel [[military council]] affiliated with the [[Free Syrian Army]] and was headed by [[Colonel]] Afif Suleiman. The group is active in the [[Idlib Governorate]]<ref name=time/> and joined the [[Syrian Revolutionaries Front]] on 9 December 2013.<ref name=CarnegieMEC>{{cite web|author=Lund, Aron|url=http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53910|title=The Syria Revolutionaries’ Front|work=Carnegie Middle East Center|date=13 December 2013|accessdate=24 August 2014}}</ref>
The '''Idlib Military Council''' is a Syrian rebel [[military council]] affiliated with the [[Free Syrian Army]] and was headed by [[Colonel]] Afif Suleiman. The group is active in the [[Idlib Governorate]]<ref name=time/> and joined the [[Syrian Revolutionaries Front]] on 9 December 2013.<ref name=CarnegieMEC/>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 23:00, 10 February 2017

Idlib Military Council
LeadersCol. Afif Suleiman[1]
Dates of operationFebruary 2012—2015 (dissolved)
HeadquartersKafr Nabl
Active regionsIdlib Governorate[1]
Part ofFree Syrian Army[1]
AlliesIslamic Front
Opponents
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War

The Idlib Military Council is a Syrian rebel military council affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and was headed by Colonel Afif Suleiman. The group is active in the Idlib Governorate[1] and joined the Syrian Revolutionaries Front on 9 December 2013.[2]

History

The Idlib Military Council was formed in February 2012 in Jabal Zawiya in the name of the Northern Armour Battalion by a defected Syrian Army colonel Afif Suleiman. In late May 2012, the military council and its affiliated rebel groups, including the Syrian Martyrs' Brigade (then called the Mount Zawiya Martyrs Battalion), terminated the Kofi Annan Syrian peace plan and began to launch attacks against Syrian Army positions near Idlib, in coordination with the allied Suqour al-Sham Brigade.[3]

In December 2013, it issued a statement against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to release all of its captured FSA officers, including Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed al-Saud of the 13th Division and Fares al-Bayoush of the Knights of Justice Brigade and their fighters.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Abouzeid, Rania (7 February 2013). "Ground War: Syria's Rebels Prepare to Take a Province from Assad". Time magazine. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b Lund, Aron (13 December 2013). "The Syria Revolutionaries' Front". Carnegie Middle East Center. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Rebel groups in Jebel Al-Zawiyah" (PDF). Understanding War. 26 July 2012.
  4. ^ Paraszczuk, Joanna (1 January 2014). "Syria: ISIS Releases First Free Syrian Army Prisoner, Lt Col Ahmad Saoud". Carnegie Middle East Center. Retrieved 24 August 2014.