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Fares Bayoush Fares Bayoush ( ar, فارس البيوش, born 1970) is a former lieutenant colonel in the Syrian Arab Air Force who defected to the Free Syrian Army in 2012. Military activities in the Syrian Air Force In 1990, Fares Bayoush joined a Syrian ...

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The 5th Corps ( ar, فيلق الخامس) was an alliance of five Syrian rebel groups that was formed during the Syrian Civil War in September 2014. All five units were affiliated with the

and the Supreme Military Council, used the Syrian independence flag as their symbol, and received

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s from the US-backed

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through the Military Operations Center in

Reyhanlı Reyhanlı (; ar, الريحانية, ''ar-Rayḥānīyah'') is a town and district of Hatay Province, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, near the country's border with Syria. History Formerly known as İrtah (Artah) and Reyhaniye, Reyhanl ...

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, near the Syrian border.

Composition and leadership

* 13th Division *

Knights of Justice Brigade The Northern Division ( ar-at, الفرقة الشمالية), formerly the Knights of Justice Brigade ( ar, لواء فرسان الحق, '), is a Free Syrian Army group sanctioned by the Syrian National Council and formerly part of the Syri ...

* Hawks of Mount Zawiya Brigade * 101st Infantry Division * 1st Infantry Brigade The 5th Corps was headed by

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, who was also the leader of the Knights of Justice Brigade.

Activities

Despite being supported by the US, the 5th Corps condemned the

American-led intervention in Syria The American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War refers to the American-led support of Syrian rebels and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during the course of the Syrian civil war, including Operation Inherent Resolve, the active mil ...

against

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and the

al-Nusra Front Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra ( ar, جبهة النصرة لأهل الشام, Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-Ahl ish-Sham lit. ''Front of the Supporters of the People of Syria/the Levant''), known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ( ar, جبهة فتح ال ...

. The group held that the

Syrian Interim Government The Syrian Interim Government ''(SIG)'' is an alternative government in Syria, formed by the umbrella opposition group, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. The interim government indirectly controls some areas ...

was responsible for the accidental injection of

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into 75 children during a

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campaign in the countryside of

Maarat al-Nu'man Maarat al-Numan ( ar, مَعَرَّةُ النُّعْمَانِ, Maʿarrat an-Nuʿmān), also known as al-Ma'arra, is a city in northwestern Syria, south of Idlib and north of Hama, with a population of about 58,008 before the Syrian Civil War ...

on 16 September 2014, killing 15 of them, all between 6 and 18 months old.

Aftermath

On 20 November 2014, the groups that constituted the 5th Corps, with the exception of the Mountain Hawks Brigade and the 101st Infantry Division, joined a new, more Islamist-oriented, rebel alliance called the "Gathering of Rebels in Southern Idlib" based in Maarat al-Nu'man, rendering the 5th Corps defunct.

References

External links

5th Corps YouTube Channel
{{Syrian Civil War 2014 establishments in Syria Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war Free Syrian Army Military units and formations established in 2014

Composition and leadership

Activities

Aftermath

See also

References

External links