First Army (Syrian rebel group)

First Army
First Army
الجيش الأول; Jaysh al-Awal
	Logo of the Southern Front
Leaders	Col. Saber Safar †
Dates of operation	1 January – July 2015
Groups	Syria Revolutionaries Front Coming Victory Brigade; 7th Division; Riyad al-Salehin Battalions of Damascus; Special Assignments Regiment of Damascus; Southern Swords Division; ; Hamza Division; 1st Artillery Regiment; 1st Assembly;
Active regions	Daraa Governorate; Quneitra Governorate
Size	5,000-10,000
Part of	Free Syrian Army Southern Front;
Allies	Al-Rahman Legion; Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union;
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces; National Defence Forces; Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Daraa offensive (January 2015); 2015 Southern Syria offensive; Battle of Bosra (2015); Daraa and As-Suwayda offensive (June 2015); Daraa offensive (June–July 2015);

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The First Army was a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army. It was created on 1 January 2015 in an effort to unify rebel ranks in southern Syria. Three prominent rebel units merged under this command structure. It operated as part of the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army.