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Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
April 26, 2018
Another rebel organization, the Free Syrian Army, evacuated a force called Jaysh al-Ababil to southern Syria following an agreement reached with the Syrian regime. On April 7, 2018, about 1,500 armed operatives were evacuated to an area some 40 km north of Daraa, where they joined the rebel groupsÃâà...
ACU Optimist Online
April 24, 2018
Shortly after this event, military defectors announced the formation of the Free Syrian Army, beginning the Syrian civil war. This is where the real confusion begins. Around this time, Syrian Kurds, who have long been seeking autonomy, began fighting back against Assad. To top of the confusion, manyÃâà...
AMN Al-Masdar News
April 24, 2018
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – One of the largest Free Syrian Army (FSA) brigades recently surrendered themselves to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the eastern Qalamoun region of Damascus. According to a military report from Damascus, the Free Syrian Army's Ahmad Al-'Abdo Brigade surrenderedÃâà...
Daily Northwestern
April 17, 2018
21, 2013, rockets exploded in the Free Syrian Army-controlled areas surrounding Damascus. This time, they contained the chemical agent sarin. In a White House news release, officials stated, “A preliminary U.S. government assessment determined that 1,429 people were killed in the chemical weaponsÃâà...
AMN Al-Masdar News
April 7, 2018
In detail, the evacuation deal – brokered by Russian military authorities – will see no less than fifteen hundred (1,500) Free Syrian Army fighters currently based in the Tadamon district relinquish their positions and heavy equipment (i.e. tanks and artillery) to government forces and then be evacuated withÃâà...
TASS
April 6, 2018
MOSCOW, April 6. /TASS/. Jabhat al-Nusra (a group outlawed in Russia) and the Free Syrian Army are planning chemical attacks with the use of chlorine in areas under their control, including Daraa's district of Al-Balad, the chief of Russia's center for the reconciliation of conflicting parties in Syria, Major-General YuriÃâà...
AMN Al-Masdar News
April 4, 2018
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:25 P.M.) – The Free Syrian Army (FSA) attempted to infiltrate into the west Dara'a countryside, yesterday, targeting the Syrian Arab Army' (SAA) positions at Tal Khuder. However, the infiltration attempt would be short-lived, as the Free Syrian Army fighters were spotted by Syrian ArabÃâà...
AMN Al-Masdar News
April 2, 2018
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:47 P.M.) – Despite the fact that Faylaq al-Rahman (Free Syrian Army affiliate) rebels operated far away from Douma city in Damascus' East Ghouta region, it has become apparent that some group's fighters nonetheless got stranded in the Jaysh al-Islam stronghold. In any case, as ofÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 29, 2018
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) yesterday discovered a People's Protection Units (YPG) base during a security sweep in Syria's northwestern Afrin region, which was recently liberated in the Turkish military-led Operation Olive Branch. During the search, FSA forces discovered the base used by the YPG'sÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 29, 2018
Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Thursday discovered a new base of YPG/PKK terrorist organization during a security sweep in Syria's northwestern Afrin region, recently liberated by Turkish military-led operation. During the search, the FSA members discovered the base used by the YPG/PKK's so-calledÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 28, 2018
AFRIN, Syria, ANKARA. Free Syrian Army (FSA) continues its humanitarian aid activities in recently liberated Afrin town center in northwestern Syria. While the Turkish military and FSA continues distributing humanitarian aid in Afrin town center, which was liberated from terrorists on March 18, Al-ShamÃâà...
The National
March 25, 2018
Since the moniker “Free Syrian Army” was first used nearly seven years ago, it has been a movement marked by loose coalitions and often deadly competition between groups. But militants in northern Syria say that one of the effects of Turkey's two year-intervention in the war has been to provide increasingÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 22, 2018
On Jan. 20, Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch to clear YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists from Afrin, Syria. home > Turkey, world, todays headlines, middle east 22.03.2018. Turkey, Free Syrian Army clear 4 more villages in Afrin. Features. Archive. By Eshref Musa. AFRIN/ANKARA. The Turkish Armed Forces and Free SyrianÃâà...
New York Times
March 12, 2018
That part of eastern Ghouta is partly controlled by Faylaq al Rahman, an Islamist rebel group that calls itself part of the Free Syrian Army. Fighters from the Levant Liberation Committee, which has links to Al Qaeda, are also there. The account of the shooting was confirmed by a local doctor, Ahmad al-Bukai.
TRT World
March 11, 2018
The Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) liberated five more villages in Syria's northwestern Afrin region on Sunday. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents on the ground, Turkish troops and the FSA cleared the villages of Qeretepe and Qastel Kisk in Sheran, northeast of the city ofÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 9, 2018
Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) liberated two more villages in Syria's northwestern Afrin and took control of a strategic dam. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents on the ground, Turkish troops and FSA cleared Hallubi Kabir village in Afrin's northeast of PYD/PKK terrorists, andÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 9, 2018
Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) liberated another village in Syria's northwestern Afrin and took control of a strategic dam. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents on the ground, Turkish troops and FSA cleared Hallubi Kabir village in Afrin's northeast from PYD/PKK terrorist group,Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 4, 2018
The Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Sunday liberated five villages and a mountain from YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists and took control of a town center during Operation Olive Branch in Syria's northwestern Afrin region. The village of Haji Khalil in Rajo, located northwest of Afrin, hasÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 3, 2018
Emrah Gurel, Associated Press A Turkey-backed opposition fighter of the Free Syrian Army secures the streets of the northwestern city of Azaz, Syria, during a Turkish government-organised media tour into northern Syria, Saturday, March 3, 2018. Turkey's prime minister says Turkish troops have captured aÃâà...
Yeni Şafak English
March 3, 2018
The Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Saturday liberated five more villages from YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists and took control of Rajo's town center during Operation Olive Branch in Syria's northwestern Afrin region. The villages of Ramadiyah and Hamelika of Jinderes district locatedÃâà...
Yeni Şafak English
February 22, 2018
Turkish and Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces on Thursday liberated five more villages from YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists as part of their ongoing operation in Afrin, northwestern Syria. The village of Tal Dilor in Jinderes, southwest Afrin was cleared of terrorists, according to Anadolu Agency correspondents onÃâà...
Green Left Weekly
February 22, 2018
When a democratic uprising broke out against the Syrian dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in 2011, the regime responded with brutal repression. Aided by defections from the Syrian Army, this helped turn the mass protest movement into the armed conflict that wracks Syria today. The Free Syrian Army (FSA)Ãâà...
Yeni Şafak English
February 18, 2018
Turkish and Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces on Sunday liberated three villages from PYD/PKK terrorists in Afrin, northwestern Syria, according to correspondents on the ground. Anadolu Agency reporters in the region said that the villages of upper and lower Hecika and Dervish Ubashi in Rajo, western AfrinÃâà...
Al-Monitor
February 16, 2018
ALEPPO, Syria — The Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Turkish forces have made remarkable advances against the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Afrin. According to the Turkish command, Operation Olive Branch has managed to take control of seven villages and strategic locations in the Afrin countryside,Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 11, 2018
Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA), backed by Turkish Army, patrol at the front line, within the "Operation Olive Branch", launched in Syria's Afrin region, ... Turkish soldiers and Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters have cleared Sheran town's Serincek village of PYD/PKK terrorists in northwestern Afrin region,Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 5, 2018
Turkish forces and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Monday captured another village from PYD/PKK terrorists in Syria's Afrin. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent based in the region, Dikmetas village in the town of Sharan and Mount Sirghaya were both cleared of terrorists. Since the beginning ofÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
February 5, 2018
In mid-January, a delegation from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) traveled to Washington, seeking to convince the CIA to resume the military aid frozen under President Donald Trump. Otherwise, the group argued, Iran's influence would continue to grow in Syria. There was little they could do to counter that onÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
December 31, 1999
... being cleared from terrorism rapidly. "The Turkish Republic is backing us. This gives us confidence," Bedran added. Turkey on Jan. 20 launched Operation Olive Branch to remove YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorists from Syria's northwestern Afrin. On March 18, Turkish troops and Free Syrian Army liberatedÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
... when Assad was accused of using gas in 2013. But they want more. "The strike has weakened the regime, but has not strengthened the opposition," said another rebel commander. Trump last year decided to halt a CIA programme that had funnelled weapons and cash to some Free Syrian Army rebels.
Anadolu Agency
December 31, 1999
Turkish and Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces on Wednesday liberated one more Syrian village from YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists as part of a Turkish-led operation in Afrin, northwestern Syria. Mashale, a village in Sharan in northeast Afrin, was cleared of terrorists, according to Anadolu Agency correspondentsÃâà...
Daily Sabah
December 31, 1999
The Al-Hamza Division of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) said Sunday it will send 600 of its Special Forces fighters to northwestern Syria's Afrin. The fighters will join Turkish troops and other FSA elements in the region participating in Operation Olive Branch, which targets the PKK terror group's Syrian affiliatesÃâà...
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