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The Syrian Army, officially the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) (Arabic: الجيش العربي السوري al-Jaysh al-’Arabī as-Sūrī), is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. It is the dominant military service of the four uniformed services, controlling the most senior posts in the armed forces, and has the greatest manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services. The Syrian Army originated in local military forces formed by the French after World War I, after France obtained a mandate over the region. It officially came into being in 1945, before Syria obtained full independence the following year.
Since 1946, it has played a major role in Syria's governance, mounting five military coups (two in 1949, including the March 1949 Syrian coup d'état and the August 1949 coup by Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi, 1954, 1963, 1966, and in 1970. It has fought four wars with Israel (1948, the Six Day War in 1967, 1973, and 1982 in Lebanon) and one with Jordan (Black September in Jordan, 1970). An armored division was also deployed to Saudi Arabia in 1990–91 during the Persian Gulf War, but saw little action. From 1976 to 2005 it was the major pillar of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. Internally, it played a major part in suppressing the 1979–82 Islamist uprising in Syria, and since early 2011 has been heavily engaged in fighting the Syrian Civil War, the most violent and prolonged war the Syrian Army has taken part in since its establishment in the 1940s.
The Free Syrian Army (Arabic: الجيش السوري الحر, al-Jaysh as-Sūrī al-Ḥurr, FSA) is a group of defected Syrian Armed Forces officers and soldiers, founded during the Syrian Civil War on 29 July 2011 by seven or eight defected Syrian officers. The group defined "all [Syrian] security forces attacking civilians" as their enemies, and said its goal was "to bring down the system" or "to bring this regime down". By January 2016, the FSA consists of "about 27 larger factions, each comprised of an average of 1,000 fighters as well as some smaller units or localized militias", with there being "thousands" of the latter kinds of brigades of various sizes.
On 23 September 2011, the Free Syrian Army merged with the Free Officers Movement (Arabic: حركة الضباط الأحرار, Ḥarakat aḑ-Ḑubbāṭ al-Aḥrār); Western observers like The Wall Street Journal considered the FSA since then the main military defectors group. 90% of the FSA consists of Sunni Muslims, but a small minority are (Shia) Alawites and some Druze fought in FSA units. Some FSA units are led by Druze. As for further ethnic minorities, a Palestinian rebel commander in the Yarmouk enclave in southern Damascus in 2012 considered his rebel brigade to be part of FSA.
FSA may refer to:
Heavy combat continues between FSA forces & regime fighters on Ein Tarma front, East Ghouta. Free Syrian Army force Rahman Corps continue to inflict heavy casulaties on the regime in this area to the east of Damascus. Further information on the Free Syrian Army can be found here: http://fsaplatform.org/fsa
All footage is from 2017. The majority of shots are FSA groups striking ISIS and regime sectarian terrorists but the last TOW strike is TSK hitting a PKK vehicle. The conflict in Syria is a Revolution against tyranny, not a "civil war". Music used: Obedear (Magic Sword Remix) by Purity Ring
Footage of Omar Rocket launches and impacts. The Omar Rockets are manufactured by the FSA Engineering and Missile Battalion in Daraa province. They weigh approximately two tons each and can be fired from a mobile launch platform. There is no guidance system for the rockets but their trajectory can be predicted to a high degree of accuracy. The Omar rockets are only used on fortified regime targets in active war zones, no civilians are harmed in Omar strikes. The conflict in Syria is a Revolution against tyranny, not a "civil war". Music used: "Converter" by Mega Drive
Please open the description for more information. *DISCLAIMER* This footage is part of an war archive of the war in Syria and should be viewed as educational. This footage is also to be taken as a raw documentary on the events of the conflict in Syria. This footage is not meant to be violent in any way. I am only sharing this footage for the purposes of news reporting and educating. I also want to share this footage for: news reporting, sharing important information with the public. War in Syria - FSA Fighters with Turkish Forces During Clashes Around al-Bab The Battle of al-Bab includes a military offensive launched by Syrian rebel groups (including groups affiliated with the Free Syrian Army) and the Turkish Armed Forces north of al-Bab in the Aleppo Governorate, and a separate Syria...
18+ Military operations of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) against the iranian mercenaries and IS in Syria - Jun 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No place for the barbaric Russian Army or for the foreign Iranian mercenaries and Hezbollah death squads in our beloved Syria, We hate killings, but we are forced to deal with those savage invaders with bullets and anti-armor missiles and all kinds of weapons in order to protect our innocent civilians in Syria. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every nation on earth has it's own verbal expressions (logos) to express resolute determination or defiance, especially when it stands up and fights against tyra...
A compilation showing Free Syrian Army Al-Rahman Corps using BGM-71 TOW missiles, SPG-9 recoilless rifles and "Omar" cannons to inflict heavy losses on Bashar Assad's terrorists who besiege neighborhoods in Eastern Damascus. After failing to advance on Rebel positions the regime recently resorted to using chlorine gas, an illegal and disgusting chemical weapon: http://www.syrianews.media/syria-war/syrian-regime-forces-shell-jobar-toxic-chlorine-gas/ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DECry-dXUAANQOp.jpg http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world-0/us-politics/donald-trump-chemical-weapons-attack-assad-damascus-rebels-fighters-a7819821.html The FSA are still holding strong even in the face of chemical attacks. The conflict in Syria is a Revolution against tyranny, not a "civil war"! Music:...
Free Syrian Army forces launched a large-scale new offensive in east Damascus responding to the regime's brutal violations on besieged areas of Qaboun, Barzeh & Teshreen, that have continued for the past 2 months, making advances into the capital, Damascus. From these operations they managed to break the 4 year old siege on Qaboun, Barzeh & Tishreen in place since 2013. FSA's Al Rahman Corps, destroyed the regime's operations room in Jobar & broke the Republican Guard's first line of defence to the capital. In this video we follow FSA forces as they advance in Damascus taking control of regime HQs & the barracks behind Abbasyeen garages.
FSA Commander, Captain Mohammad Deri addresses his Free Syrian Army forces stationed on the edge of Al Bab as they set off for heavy operations ahead against Daesh. Al Bab is a Daesh stronghold in north east Aleppo province. This battle is the culmination of a battle that has seen FSA forces liberate over 227 villages and 1975km2 from Daesh between Jarablus and Al Bab in under 6 months. more info about FSA forces across Syria visit this page on our new website: http://fsaplatform.org/fsa
Mystery finds me in darkness
Sun won't shine
Blistering pain from a passed life
Cross that line
(CHORUS)
Into the moonlight I ride
One-way trip, to the other side
Into the moonlight I ride
Losing my grip, I cannot hide
Standing on top of a mountain
Long way down
Hearing the voice of a madman
Hit the ground
(CHORUS)
Into the moonlight I ride
One-way trip to the other side
Into the moonlight I ride
Losing my grip, I cannot hide
Into the casket I go
Debt has been paid seeds have been sown
End of the line all that I know
Into Inferno I crawl
Licking the flames, tasting my fall
Melting away sirens that call
(CHORUS)
Into the moonlight I ride
One-way trip to the other side
Into the moonlight I ride
Losing my grip, I cannot hide
Dreaming about my passed life
Into the moonlight I ride
One-way trip to the other side
Into the moonlight I ride
Losing my grip, I cannot hide
Oh I can't hide
From my passed life
Oh I can't hide