Bashar al-Zoubi (), also known as Abu Fadi, is a Syrian general-turned rebel leader who defected from the

Syrian Armed Forces The Syrian Armed Forces () are the military forces of Syria. Up until the fall of Bashar al-Assad's Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region, Ba'ath Party Ba'athist Syria, regime in December 2024, the Syrian Arab Armed Forces were the sta ...

. He became the leader of the Southern Front, the stronger of the two fronts of the

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 defe ...

, and as such, he was the de facto strongest leader in the national opposition. He was also the head of the Yarmouk Brigade. Al-Zoubi made his fortune in the tourism industry and hails from the powerful al-Zoubi clan.

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