First Corps | |
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Dates of operation | 2015-2018 |
Group(s) |
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Active regions | Southern Syria[3] |
Part of | Free Syrian Army Southern Front[3] |
Allies | al-Nusra Front (previously) Islamic Front |
Opponents | Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force |
Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War |
The First Corps was a Syrian rebel coalition active during the Syrian Civil War. It is part of the western backed Syrian rebel Southern Front.[3] On 13 April 2015, it joined a number of other Southern Front affiliates in condemning al-Nusra's ideology and discontinuing all forms of cooperation with it.[4]