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Mustafa Ahmad al-Sheikh | |
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| Native name | Arabic: مصطفى أحمد الشيخ |
| Born | 2 June 1957 Atme, Idlib Governorate, Syria[1] |
| Allegiance |  Syria (1979–2011) Syrian opposition (2012) |
| Service |  Syrian Army (1979–2011) Free Syrian Army (March–December 2012)[2] |
| Years of service | 1979–2012 |
| Rank |  Brigadier general |
| Commands | Head of the Higher Military Council (February–December 2012)[3] |
| Battles / wars | Lebanese Civil War Syrian Civil War |
| Children | 4[4] |
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Mustafa Ahmad al-Sheikh (Arabic: مصطفى أحمد الشيخ) was the founder and head of the Free Syrian Army's Higher Military Council in 2012, during the Syrian Civil War.[2][5] He was a brigadier general in the Syrian Army prior to his defection in December 2011.[6]
- ^ "The flight of Brigadier General Mustafa Sheikh from the presidency of the Free Army Military Council to treason". ANA Press. 20 January 2017.
- ^ a b Saad Abedine (24 March 2012). "Military defectors unite under Free Syrian Army". CNN.
- ^ Rania Abouzeid (6 February 2012). "Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime?". TIME.
- ^ "The fact of dissident Brigadier "Mustafa Sheikh": contain the revolution". el-Dorar al-Shamia. 12 September 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Huff_unifiedcommand_8Dec2012was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Brigadier-General Mustafa al-Sheikh Defects, Al Jazeera.