Afif Suleiman

Afif Suleiman
Arabic: عفيف السليمان
Afif Suleiman; Arabic: عفيف السليمان
Born	1966 (age 59–60); Maasaran, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Allegiance	Syrian Arab Republic (until 2011); Syrian Opposition (2012–present)
Branch	Syrian Arab Air Force (until 2011); Free Syrian Army (2011–present); Syrian Revolutionaries Front (2014); National Front for Liberation (2018–present); Syrian National Army (2019–present)
Service years	?–2011; 2011–present
Rank	Colonel (until 2020); Brigadier general (since 2020)
Unit	Northern Shield Battalion (2012); Revolutionary Military Council in Idlib Governorate (2012–2014); Free Idlib Army (2016–present);
Conflicts	Syrian Civil War Hama Governorate clashes (2011–2012); Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011 – March 2012); Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012–April 2013); Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war; 2014 Idlib offensive; ;

Afif Mahmoud Suleiman (Arabic: عفيف محمود السليمان; born 1966) is a Syrian rebel military leader from the Idlib Governorate of northwest Syria. He led the Revolutionary Military Council in Idlib Governorate from 2012 to 2014, and has been the commander-in-chief of the Free Idlib Army of the National Front for Liberation since 2019.