5th Corps (Syrian rebel group)

5th Corps
Arabic: فيلق الخامس
Leaders
Dates of operation7 September 2014[2] – November 2014 (defunct)
HeadquartersMaarrat al-Nu'man and Kafr Nabl
Active regionsNorthwestern Syria
IdeologySyrian nationalism[3]
SizeFew thousand[3]
Part ofSyrian opposition Free Syrian Army
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
Succeeded by
Free Idlib Army

The 5th Corps (Arabic: فيلق الخامس) was an alliance of five Syrian rebel groups that was formed during the Syrian Civil War in September 2014. All five units were affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and the Supreme Military Council, used the Syrian independence flag as their symbol, and received BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles from the US-backed Friends of Syria Group through the Military Operations Center in Reyhanlı, Turkey, near the Syrian border.[3]

  1. ^ a b Mohammad Nemr (30 September 2014). "FSA: No terror is comparable to Assad's terror". Al-Monitor.
  2. ^ "Merger of Five Rebel Factions into the Fifth Corps". National Coalition of Syrian and Revolutionary Forces. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Moderate Rebels: A Complete and Growing List of Vetted Groups". Hassan Mustafas. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.