Free Officers Movement (Syria)

Free Officers Movement
Free Officers Movement
حركة الضباط الأحرار; Harakat ad-Dubbat al-Ahrar
	The flag of Ba'athist Syria used by the Free Officers Movement of Syria
Leaders	Lt. Col. Hussein Harmoush ; Maj. Abdul Rahman Sheikh Ali †; (Khalid ibn al-Walid Battalion commander); 1st Lt. Khaldoun Sami Zaineddin †; (As-Suwayda Governorate commander); Capt. Qais al-Gueth; (Daraa Governorate commander);
Spokesperson	Lt. Col. Hussein Harmoush (POW); 1st Lt. Bassim Al Khalid;
Dates of operation	9 June 2011 – mid-2012 (part of the Free Syrian Army since 23 September 2011)
Split from	Syrian Armed Forces
Merged into	Free Syrian Army
Group	Khalid ibn al-Walid Battalion
Active regions	Syria
Ideology	Syrian nationalism; Secularism
Allies	Free Syrian Army
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces; Syrian police; Shabiha;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War June 2011 Jisr ash-Shugur clashes; Siege of Homs; ; Early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War;

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The Free Officers Movement (Arabic: حركة الضباط الأحرار, Harakat ad-Dubbat al-Ahrar), also known as the Free Officers Brigade (Arabic: لواء الضباط الاحرار, Liwa ad-Dubbat al-Ahrar), was a Syrian rebel group that operated during the early phase of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. The group consisted of defected officers and soldiers from the Syrian Arab Armed Forces.

Unlike the Free Syrian Army led by Colonel Riad al-Asaad, which had links to the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria, the Free Officers Movement was a secular-leaning group. The movement joined the FSA on 23 September 2011, but continued to operate under the name of the Free Officers Movement until mid-2012.