Free Syrian Army
Opposition Faction in the Syrian Civil War
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| February 3 2025 | Two SNA generals, Saif Abu Bakr and Abu Amsha, promoted to lead the newly formed 25th Division of the Syrian army. Raed al Arab, commander of Liberation and Construction Movement, made head of the 118th Armored Division. |
| January 29 2025 | At the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference, SNA announced its dissolution and incorporation into the newly formed Ministry of Defense. |
| November 2024 | Participated in Syrian Opposition offensives alongside Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, leading to the fall of the Assad regime through Operation 'Dawn Of Freedom'. Captured areas in Aleppo countryside including Manbij, Tel Rifaat, and Shahba region. |
| July 2024 | Turkey deployed approximately 400 Syrian National Army (SNA) mercenaries from the Sultan Suleiman Shah Division, Al-Hamzah Division, and Sultan Murad Division to participate in the Turkish-PKK conflict in Northern Iraq. Some SNA fighters were reportedly captured by the Kurdistan Workers' Party during this operation. |
| May 2024 | An additional 250 members of the SNA's Sultan Murad Division were dispatched to Niger by Turkey's National Intelligence Organization. |
| January 2024 | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Turkey deployed Syrian National Army (SNA) fighters to participate in the anti-ISIS campaign in Niger. |
| 2023 | Trafficking in Persons Report revealed that Syrian National Army factions recruited and used Syrian children as child soldiers in Libya. |
| 2022 | The Free Syrian Army aims to be the military wing of the Syrian people's opposition to the regime, continuing armed operations and encouraging army defections. |
| October 2022 | The Third Legion (composed of Levant Front and Jaysh al-Islam) clashed with the Hamza Division and Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade after the Hamza Division allegedly killed an activist and his pregnant wife. The conflict resulted in the Hamza Division and SSSB being forced from their headquarters, with various groups like HTS and the Liberation and Construction Movement intervening. |
| October 18 2022 | Turkey deployed armed forces to the area following the ongoing inter-rebel conflict, with the Hayat Thaeroon for Liberation also moving into the region. |
| September 2021 | Syrian National Army groups coalesced into two main blocs: the Azm Operations Room and the Syrian Front for Liberation. |
| August 29 2021 | 7 Syrian soldiers were killed and 12 wounded in clashes with FSA throughout Daraa province, preceding further shelling of besieged Daraa al-Balad. |
| August 27 2021 | 6 members of the reconciled 5th Corps, including a commander, were killed in a Syrian army ambush, followed by fierce fighting between FSA and Syrian army in al-Mansheya area. |
| August 26 2021 | An IED killed one Syrian soldier and wounded 4 others near Nawa, following Syrian army bombardments on Tafas city that killed 2 civilians. |
| August 20 2021 | Syrian artillery shelling in Daraa al-Balad killed Mohamed Hilal Zatima, a reconciled Free Syrian Army commander. |
| August 19 2021 | An IED targeted a Syrian army convoy of the 112th Brigade, killing 6 soldiers and militiamen, including a brigadier. |
| August 16 2021 | A Syrian Army 4th Division member was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Maskin city, and a civilian was killed in al-Sanamayn city for allegedly snitching on oppositionists. |
| August 14 2021 | Syrian Army bombarded Daraa al-Balad, killing one civilian hours before planned talks between the Central Committee and Russian delegations. |
| August 5 2021 | Rebels targeted a Syrian army vehicle between Nahtah and Basr al-Harir, killing one soldier and wounding six others, with reported rocket fire by the Syrian army on Nahtah. |
| July 31 2021 | A ceasefire was implemented after negotiations by Russians and military officer Ahmad al-Awda, though sporadic government fire continued in various areas. |
| July 30 2021 | Rebels seized several checkpoints and captured Syrian Army soldiers and Military Intelligence Directorate agents across Daraa province in retaliation for the government's military operation. |
| July 29 2021 | Syrian Army began firing artillery shells towards Free Syrian Army (FSA) cells in Daraa city, marking the start of a military operation against rebel hideouts. |
| April 2021 | An additional military formation named 'al-Quwat al-Radifa' (Auxiliary Forces) was created in Idlib. |
| 2020 | Turkey begins hiring and transporting Syrian National Army fighters to Libya to support the Government of National Accord (GNA), with several SNA member groups volunteering for the operation despite objections from the Syrian Interim Government. |
| September 2020 | Turkey deployed 2,580 Syrian National Army fighters to fight in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, with up to 541 Syrian fighters reported killed in combat by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). |
| September 15 2020 | UN International Independent Commission on Syria reported systematic atrocities by Syrian National Army forces against Kurdish populations, including torture, rape, murder, looting, forced displacement, and kidnappings. |
| March 27 2020 | Violent clashes occurred when gunmen from Bosra al-Sham attempted to infiltrate As-Suwayda province and attack Al-Quraya town. The Syrian Army and pro-government local factions repelled the attack, resulting in four attackers and ten local faction members killed, with six fighters captured. |
| March 26 2020 | Local Druze armed group 'Sheikh al-Karama' clashed with government forces at a checkpoint near Salkhad in As-Suwayda governorate, resulting in one Syrian soldier and four local fighters being killed. |
| March 1 2020 | March 2020 Daraa clashes began. Syrian military besieged Sanamayn, launching a security operation against insurgent cells, resulting in three civilian deaths. FSA rebels retaliated by capturing an Army checkpoint in Jaleen Housing district and capturing four officers. |
| February 29 2020 | Syrian military mobilized units from the 4th and 9th armored divisions in preparation for a security operation in Al-Sanamayn, targeting rebel-held areas. |
| November 25 2019 | Operation Peace Spring completed, with territories between Ras al Ayn and Tal Abyad secured. |
| October 2019 | SNA launched 'Operation Peace Spring' offensive against Kurds and Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northeastern Syria, capturing between 68 settlements including Ras al-Ayn, Tell Abyad, Suluk, Mabrouka, and Manajir, and cutting the M4 highway. |
| October 22 2019 | After capturing Tell Abyad, Syrian National Army fighters kidnapped young men from Bîr Atwan village, mutilated a YPJ fighter's body, and executed four unarmed people on a road. |
| October 20 2019 | Concluded the Second Battle of Ras al-Ayn, with SDF fighters retreating from Ras al Ain during a US and Turkey-brokered ceasefire. |
| October 13 2019 | Peace Spring forces captured the border town of tal Abyad during the military operation. |
| October 9 2019 | Turkish Armed Forces and Syrian National Army launched Operation Peace Spring against SDF, targeting what Turkish President Erdogan called a 'threat of terror' against Turkey. |
| October 4 2019 | SNA incorporated the National Front for Liberation during the Syrian government's northwestern offensive in Idlib Governorate. |
| August 2019 | Conducted Operation Dawn of Idlib, a military operation in the Idlib Governorate aimed at combating Syrian government and allied forces in the region. |
| August 16 2019 | Syrian National Army (SNA) sent significant reinforcements to frontlines in Hama and Idlib, supporting an offensive against HTS and rebel groups. Rebel forces subsequently launched a heavy attack on the government-held village of Sukayk. |
| May 6 2019 | Syrian Government and Russian Aerospace Forces launched a ground offensive against rebel-held territories in Northwestern Syria, citing repeated attacks from within the demilitarized zone. |
| January 2019 | Fighting between Tahrir al-Sham and SLF resumed, with Tahrir al-Sham capturing the northern town of Darat Izza and moving to encircle the Nour al-Din al-Zenki (part of the SLF) stronghold east of Aleppo city. |
| January 27 2019 | Glory Corps and Sham Legion fighters kidnapped and tortured a doctor from his clinic in Afrin, claiming he was a member of the Democratic Union Party (PYD). |
| November 18 2018 | Heavy clashes in Afrin between Turkish-backed insurgent factions resulted in at least 25 militants killed, including 14 from Ahrar al-Sharqiya and 9 from other groups, primarily in the Mahmudiya and Villat neighborhoods. |
| October 3 2018 | Glory Corps attempted to seize 4 houses inhabited by displaced families from Arbin in Afrin city, but were stopped by the Sultan Murad Division and rebel military police. |
| April 2018 | A ceasefire was declared between Tahrir al-Sham and SLF, by which time SLF and its allies had conquered significant territory in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. |
| April 18 2018 | Announcement of the Raqqa Military Council in Urfa, Turkey, consisting of 6 military groups, signifying a strategic military organization effort. |
| March 25 2018 | Following the capture of Afrin, clashes broke out between the Hamza Division and Ahrar al-Sharqiya, with the latter capturing around 200 fighters. A ceasefire was signed the same day under Turkey's auspices. |
| March 15 2018 | Rebel factions in northern Homs Governorate formed the 4th Legion, which later transferred to northern Aleppo. |
| February 2018 | Clashes erupted between Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian Liberation Front (SLF), with the SLF backed by the Suqour al-Sham Brigades in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. |
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