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Free Syrian Army

Armed forces
The Free Syrian Army is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition armed militias in the Syrian Civil War founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces. Wikipedia
Founder: Riad al-Asaad
Founded: July 29, 2011, Syria
Battles and wars: Syrian Civil War
Founding leader: Riad Mousa al-As'ad
Size: 25,000 (late 2011); 75,000 (mid-2012); 40,000–50,000 (2013); 35,000 (2015)