Back الجبهة الوطنية للتحرير Arabic Nationale Befreiungsfront (Syrien) German Frente Nacional para la Liberación (Siria) Spanish جبهه ملی برای آزادی Persian Front national de libération (Syrie) French Frente Nacional para a Libertação da Síria Portuguese

National Front for Liberation

Not to be confused with National Front for the Liberation of Syria or National Liberation Front.
National Front for Liberation
الجبهة الوطنية للتحرير
Al-Jabhat al-Wataniya lil-Tahrir
LeadersSince August 2018:
  • Col. Fadlallah al-Haji (commander-in-chief and Sham Legion)
  • Ahmad Sarhan ("Abu Satif") (first deputy and Suqour al-Sham Brigades)[1]
  • Walid al-Mushayil ("Abu Hashim") (second deputy and Jaysh al-Ahrar)[1]
  • Anad al-Darwish ("Abu al-Munathir") (chief of staff and Ahrar al-Sham)[1]

May–August 2018:

  • Lt. Col. Suhaib Leoush (deputy commander and Free Idlib Army)[2]
  • Maj. Muhammad Mansour (chief of staff and Army of Victory)[2]
Dates of operation28 May 2018 – present
AllegianceSyrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Active regionsNorthwestern Syria
Size70,000 (claimed)[3][better source needed]
Part of Free Syrian Army
Allies Turkey[5]
Army of Glory
Tahrir al-Sham (sometimes)[6]
Opponents Syria
 Russia
 Iran
Syrian Democratic Forces[7]
Tahrir al-Sham (sometimes)
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Websitehttps://twitter.com/alwataniatahrer

The National Front for Liberation (Arabic: الجبهة الوطنية للتحرير, Al-Jabhat al-Wataniya lil-Tahrir) is a Syrian rebel coalition that is part of the Syrian National Army (SNA) fighting in the Syrian Civil War. The group was formed by 11 rebel factions in northwestern Syria in May 2018,[8] and was officially announced on 28 May 2018. The formation receives major support from Turkey.[5] The group joined the SNA on 4 October 2019.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Meet the leading leaders of the "National Liberation Front"". Enab Baladi. 1 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "11 FSA Factions in New Command in of "National Front Liberation"". Syria Call. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ^ "المعارضة المعتدلة.. القوة الأساسية في إدلب | هيومن فويس | عين على الحقيقة". هيومن فويس | عين على الحقيقة (in Arabic). 11 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "At the request of the Turkish Government, the National Liberation Front merges with the "National Army" in the form of 4 Corps of the "Ministry of Defense within the interim Syrian government"". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b "11 فصيلًا يشكلون "الجبهة الوطنية للتحرير" في إدلب". Enab Baladi. 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ Anchal Vohra (May 2019). "Turkey-backed fighters join forces with HTS rebels in Idlib". Al Jazeera English.
  7. ^ a b "Four dead for "units" Kurdish in Afrin region in confrontations with the "free"". SMART News Agency. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Many factions in the province of Idlib are moving to merge under the name "National Liberation Front"". Syria Call. 11 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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