Active 1 January – July 2015 Strength 5,000-10,000 | ||
Groups Syria Revolutionaries FrontComing Victory Brigade7th DivisionRiyad al-Salehin Battalions of DamascusSpecial Assignments Regiment of DamascusSouthern Swords DivisionHamza Division1st Artillery Regiment1st Assembly Area of operations Daraa GovernorateQuneitra Governorate Part of | ||
The First Army was created on 1 January 2015 in an effort to unify rebel ranks in southern Syria. Three prominent rebel units merged under this command structure.
History
During the 2015 Southern Syria offensive, the commander of the 1st Army, Colonel Saber Safar, was killed in action.
On 13 April 2015, it joined a number of other Southern Front affiliates in condemning the al-Nusra Front's ideology and discontinuing all forms of cooperation with it.
After the Daraa offensive (June–July 2015), the 1st Army disbanded and only the Hamza Division continues to use the name.
References
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