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Abdul-Ilah Al-Bashir Al-Noeimi
Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir al-Noeimi (; ) is the former Chief of Staff of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) of the Free Syrian Army. He was succeeded by Albay Ahmed Berri in October 2014. Background Noeimi comes from a large Arab tribe called the al-Noeim. The tribe is spread across the Middle East, and is prominent in the villages of the Golan Heights and the Quneitra countryside. Prior to the Syrian Civil War, Noeimi served as a career officer in the Syrian Army where he was Brigadier General. Syrian Civil War Noeimi defected from the Syrian Army on 13 July 2012, alongside several other officers from the Noeimi tribe, including Saleh Al-Hammada Al-Noeimi, and Hashem Al-Bashir Al-Noeimi. He was later appointed Chief of the FSA Military Council in Quneitra. Noeimi has called for support from the European Union and the United States, either through the supply of weapons, or through direct military intervention. Noeimi has also met with Iranian opposition groups such as the MEK, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Syrian Army
The Free Syrian Army (FSA; ) is a Big tent, big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition (2011–2024), Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces. The officers announced that the immediate priority of the Free Syrian Army was to safeguard the lives of protestors and civilians from the Syrian revolution#Crackdown, deadly crackdown by Bashar al-Assad's security apparatus; with the ultimate goal of accomplishing the objectives of the Syrian revolution, namely, the end to the decades-long reign of the ruling Assad dynasty, al-Assad family. (Pages 6, 14–17.) In late 2011, the FSA was the main Syrian military defectors group. Initially a formal military organization at its founding, its original command structure dissipated by 2016, and the FSA identity was later used by several different Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad, Syrian opposition groups. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
