Supreme Military Council (Syria)

Supreme Military Council
Supreme Military Council
المجلس العسكري الأعلى
	Official logo of the council
Leaders	Brig. Gen. Salim Idris (first commander, 2012–14); Brig. Gen. Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir al-Noeimi (second commander, 2014-2015); Brig. Gen. Ahmed Berri (third commander, supported by SMC, disputed by SNC, 2015-2015); Abdulkerim el Ahmed (third/fourth commander, supported by SNC, disputed by SMC, 2015-2015); Col. Qassem Saadeddine (spokesman);
Dates of operation	7 December 2012 – unclear (seemingly inactive since July, 2015)
Allegiance	National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
Active regions	Syria
Size	30 officers, representing 5 fronts
Part of	Free Syrian Army
Battles and wars	the Syrian Civil War

The Supreme Military Council (SMC) (Arabic: المجلس العسكري الأعلى, also called the Supreme Military Command) was the highest military leadership of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) from late 2012 to at least mid-2015. The establishment of the organisation was announced on 7 December 2012 with the backing of western and Arab powers as a means of financing and arming Syrian rebel forces.

The Supreme Military Council of the FSA recognized the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the "civil authority" of the Syrian opposition.