The Army of the Revolution (; ''Jaysh al-Thawrā'') was a Syrian rebel alliance affiliated with the Southern Front 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 ...

. It was composed of five FSA factions which mainly operated in the

Daraa Governorate Daraa Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the south-west of the country and covers an area of 2594 km2. It is bordered by Jordan to the south, Quneitra G ...

in southwestern Syria. One of its commanders stated that the group is a "temporary operations room" due to the separation between western and eastern Daraa, and that the "door is open" for other groups to join the alliance.

Member groups

* Yarmouk Army **United Sham Front * Mu'tazz Billah Army **Martyr Walid Qaisi Brigade * Muhajireen and Ansar Brigade *

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Brigade *Dawn of Islam Division *Free Nawa Forces **Free Nawa Brigade **Bani Umayya Brigade **Farouq Brigade **Omar Mukhtar Brigade **Southern Company **Gaza Houran Brigade **Clear Victory Brigade **Muhammad the Conqueror Brigade **Soldiers of Islam Brigade **Martyr Ahmad al-Awad Brigade **Omar ibn al-Khattab Brigade **Lions of the South Brigade **Technical Battalion *The Organization of Turkish Collaboration.

Yarmouk Army

The Yarmouk Army (; transliteration: ''Jaysh al-Yarmouk''), originally known as the ''Yarmouk Brigade'', is a prominent FSA rebel group operating in the Quneitra and Daraa governorates. The group is one of the units that has received

BGM-71 TOW The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, wire-guided missile, Wire-guided", pronounced ) is an American anti-tank missile. TOW replaced much smaller missiles like the SS.10 and ENTAC, offering roughly twice the effective range, a more ...

missiles. It joined the Southern Front on 14 February 2014 and the Hawks of the South coalition on 27 December 2014. In January 2016, the United Sham Front joined the group. The group clashed with the

Youth of Sunna Forces The Youth of Sunna Forces or Sunni Youth Forces, formerly the Youth of Sunna Division and the Youth of Sunna Brigade, was a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army's Southern Front that was armed with U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-t ...

in June 2017.

Mu'tazz Billah Army

The Mu'tazz Billah Army (; transliteration: Jaysh al-Mu'tazz Billah), formerly called the Mu'tazz Billah Brigade (; transliteration: ''Liwa al-Mu'tazz Billah''), named after

al-Mu'tazz Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾLlāh (; 847 – 16 July 869), better known by his regnal title al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾLlāh (, "He who is strengthened by God") was the Abbasid caliph from 866 t ...

, is a FSA group active in Daraa. It also received TOW missiles from the Military Operations Center based in

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. The group has clashed with the Islamic Muthanna Movement. It was also previously part of the Daraa Military Council. On 11 September 2017,

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Bara Nabulsi was appointed as the general commander of the Mu'tazz Billah Army, replacing

Colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

Khalid Nabulsi. Col. Nabulsi was previously the commander of the Southern Front's joint command operations room in 2014.

Muhajireen and Ansar Brigade

The Emigrants and Helpers Brigade (; transliteration: ''Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar'') was one of the earliest FSA groups formed in the Daraa Governorate. The group is affiliated with the Supreme Military Council and has received TOW and

HJ-8 The HJ-8 or Hongjian-8 () is a second generation tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile system which was originally deployed by the People's Liberation Army in the late 1980s. Development In 1970, China's armored corps ...

anti-tank missile An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a missile guidance, guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy armoured fighting vehicle, heavily armored military v ...

s. It is one of the members of the Daraa Military Council. The group is led by Captain Iyad Khaddour and Khalid Fathallah, the former of which became the overall commander of the Army of the Revolution.

Hasan ibn Ali Brigade

Dawn of Islam Division

The Dawn of Islam Division (; transliteration: ''Firqat Fajr al-Islam'') is a Syrian rebel group operating in the Uthman and Tafas districts of Daraa city as well as in

Busra al-Harir Busra al-Harir ( ''Buṣra al-Ḥarīr'', also spelled ''Busr al-Hariri, Basr al-Harir, Busra Hariri'') is a town in southern Syria, part of the Daraa Governorate situated in the Hauran plain. It is located northeast of Daraa and northwest of as-S ...

in the north-east of

. Formed in February 2013, the group is led by Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Hassan Salama. It is a merger between the Dawn of Islam Brigade and a number of smaller rebel groups. The group also received BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles. On 13 April 2015, the Dawn of Islam Division joined a number of other Southern Front groups in renouncing all ties with the

al-Nusra Front Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra or Jabhat Nusrat Ahl al-Sham, also known as Front for the Conquest of the Levant, and also later known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham was a Salafi-jihadist organization that fought against Ba'athist Syria, Ba'athist ...

. On 3 June 2017, it joined the Army of the Revolution.

References

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