Northern branch In December 2013, following initial clashes, the Islamic Front and the Syrian Revolutionaries Front agreed to reconcile. The coalition was spearheaded by
Jamal Maarouf, head of the
Syrian Martyrs' Brigades, largest member group of the SRF based in
Jabal Zawiya,
Idlib Governorate. The group has supported the
Geneva II Middle East peace conference that is aimed at resolving the Syrian civil war. In late October 2014 clashes erupted again between the SRF and al-Nusra in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of Idlib, over the following days, dozens of SRF fighters defected to Nusra and the group lost control of numerous villages as they withdrew their forces from the region. Maarouf and some of his followers relocated to
Turkey, however around half of his men in the region remained behind and accepted the change of control rather than fight. On 5 May 2015, some of the former members of the
Hazzm Movement, the Syria Revolutionaries Front based in the north,
Jabhat al-Akrad, the
Dawn of Freedom Brigades and smaller FSA groups formed the
Army of Revolutionaries. Many of their northern members also dissolved into the
Levant Front. During the
Turkish military intervention in Syria which started in late August 2016, some members of the Syrian Revolutionaries Front and the Hazm Movement in exile from Turkey crossed into Syria through
Jarabulus.
Northern groups (now defunct) •
Syrian Martyrs' Brigades • Ansar Brigades • Wolves of al-Ghab Brigade • Free North Brigade • Northern
Farouq Battalions • Hama Farouq Battalions •
9th Special Forces Division of Aleppo (left in January 2014 to join the
Hazzm Movement) • Union of Free Zawiya Brigades (left in May 2014 to join the Syrian Salvation Front) •
Al-Qa'qa' Brigade (expelled in May 2014 and joined the Syrian Salvation Front) •
Idlib Military Council (dissolved in June 2014) •
Khalid ibn al-Walid Brigade (left in July 2014) •
Mountain Hawks Brigade (left to join the 5th Corps in September 2014) •
Syrian Kurdish Revolutionary Council (Komala) (left in October 2014)
Southern branch The group is currently only active in southern Syria, as a member of a
Southern Front group, and previously part of the
First Army of the Southern Front. On 2 March 2016, a
car bomb explosion targeted the SRF headquarters in
Quneitra and killed its commander
Captain Abu Hamza al-Naimi and 4 other field commanders. On 6 April 2017, clashes erupted between the SRF and
Jabhat Ansar al-Islam in the northern
Quneitra countryside, which resulted in 7 rebels being killed. Government forces shelled the area on the same day, which resulted in a ceasefire between the two rebel groups. On 31 July 2017, 5 SRF groups in Daraa and Quneitra merged into the 1st Infantry Division and established a unified command structure for the SRF. • 63rd Southern Division • Helpers Brigades • Southern Swords Division • Martyr Captain Abu Hamza al-Naimi Union
Former •
Omari Brigades •
Omar Bin Al-Khattab Brigade • 1st Infantry Gathering • Gathering of Righteousness • Union of the Unity of the Nation • Saladin Brigades • Tank Brigade ==Israeli cooperation==