MNA Units of Turkey -backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) group have seized control over the Kurdish-held northern Syrian city of Afrin, Syria. Turkish military and its backed FSA have taken control of Afrin town center, as part of Turkey's Operation Olive Branch to clear PKK-linked People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, Turkish President ...

Sputnik- According to media reports, The Daesh jihadist group has used chemical weapons in northern Syria against the troops of the Free Syrian Army. MOSCOW (Sputnik) The Daesh jihadist group has used chemical weapons innorthern Syria againstthe troops ofthe Free Syrian Army (FSA), local media reported Sunday, citing Turkish General Staff. The ...

France stayed mum on giving military aid to armed Syrian rebels after President Franois Hollande met the leaders of the rebel Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Hollande again declared Frances political and humanitarian support for the SNC after meeting its new leader Ahmad Jarba and FSA chief General Selim Idriss ...

[caption id="attachment_137885" align="alignright" width="127"] Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu[/caption] Turkeys Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country may start training and equipping militants fighting in Syria by March as part of a deal with the United States. "We have reached a clarified framework on the training and equipping ...

Daniel Patrick Welch, a political commentator, says the United States is seeking a regime change in both Iraq and Syria. The US would like to have a regime change in both countries, Welch told Press TV on Tuesday. He made the remarks when asked about a report that a US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) is fighting the ISIL terrorist group over a key ...

[caption id="attachment_73710" align="alignright" width="180"] A militant is seen clashing with Syrian government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's Aleppo on December 11, 2013.[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) gained the upper-hand against the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Islamic Front in Aleppo ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Al-Qaeda-linked militants and armed rebels of the rival Free Syrian Army (FSA) continued their fierce clashes in Idlib countryside in Northwestern Syria on Sunday and Monday. The town of Bensh in Idlib countryside was the scene of heavy clashes between the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and FSA on ...

[caption id="attachment_73710" align="alignright" width="180"] A militant is seen clashing with Syrian government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's Aleppo on December 11, 2013.[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Arab Army and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) struck a landmark ceasefire agreement to launch a joint battle against the Al-Nusra ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Washington has decided to negotiate with the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Front as an alternative for the so-called moderate Free Syrian Army to cover up its support for extremists, Global Research said. The existence of more moderate opposition brigades supported by the West is a myth. They exist in name; they do not constitute a meaningful ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Many defected officers and soldiers of the Syrian army have and are returning to their previous jobs after President Bashar Al-Assad granted general amnesty. In late October, Syrian President Assad granted a general amnesty, covering crimes committed before October 29. The new presidential pardon covers crimes mentioned in the military ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- An armed rebel group affiliated to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) threatened to set two towns in Northern Syria on fire. In a statement issued on Monday, Ahrar Al-Sham Battalion, threatened the residents of two Shiite-populated towns of Nabl and Al-Zahra to burn down their houses, FNA dispatches said. The threats by Ahrar Al-Sham ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Free Syrian Army (FSA) plans to form a new front against the Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Syria, sources revealed. The FSA intends to form the Syrias Revolutionaries Front to fight against the Al-Qaeda terrorists, media sources said on Sunday. Also during the last 24 hours in Syria, the Syrian army units won back control ...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is fighting to topple the government of Bashar al-Assad, is facing serious difficulty. The moderate opposition that we support is in serious difficulty, the French minister said in reference to the FSA on Saturday. The FSA has been enjoying full support from ...

The Takfiri terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has executed Secretary General of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) Ammar al-Wawi. ISIL captured Wawi, who is also the commander of the terrorist group Al-Ababil Brigade, and his companions after they entered Syrian soil from the Turkish border three days ago and executed ...

General Salim Idris, the commander of the Syrian oppositions main military wing, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), has fled Syria, after Islamist seized key bases and warehouses belonging to the Western-backed rebels. Idris flew to Doha on Dec. 8 after fleeing to Turkey, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. officials. He fled as a result of the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Clashes are continuing between Al-Qaeda-linked militants and supporters of the so-called Free Syrian Army in Syria's North. Although both groups are opposed to the incumbent president Bashar al-Assad, they are also fighting between each other for spheres of influence, Voice of Russia reported. According to reports, on Saturday,...

[caption id="attachment_59283" align="alignright" width="180"] Foreign-backed militants operating in Syria (file photo)[/caption] (Reuters) - The commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Tuesday his group would not join a planned peace conference in Switzerland in January and would pursue its fight to topple President Bashar al-Assad ...

Foreign-backed militants from the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) are reportedly recruiting people at a refugee camp in Jordan to join their fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The FSA militants called on refugees in the Zaatari camp to undergo their trainings. The recruitment came despite a United Nations ban on militant ...

A senior commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army and head of the foreign-backed militants in the northern city of Aleppo has reportedly resigned from his post over division of opposition. In an online video, Abdul Jabbar Akidi criticized the opposition and the so-called Syrian National Coalition, saying they are weak and irresponsible. He said ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A leading commander of the western-backed militant group in Syria announced his resignation following infighting and deepening rifts among armed rebels. Abdel-Jabbar Ukaidi, the head of the so-called Free Syrian Army branch in Aleppo, had harsh words for the international community and the Syrian opposition-in-exile for failing to ...