Saber Safar Fares ( ar, صابر صفر فارس) is a
Free Syrian Army
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) ( ar, الجيش السوري الحر, al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a loose faction in the Syrian Civil War founded on 29 July 2011 by officers of the Syrian Armed Forces with the goal of bringing down the governm ...
colonel, who defected from the
Syrian Armed Forces
The Syrian Arab Armed Forces ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah) are the military forces of the Syrian Arab Re ...
to the FSA in 2013. He was the founder and commander of the
Hamza Division and also holds the position of overall commander in the
First Army of the
Southern Front since 1 January 2015.
As of late 2015, he was reportedly the highest ranking FSA officer in southern Syria.
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History
In August 2015, Saber Safar survived an assassination
Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have ...
attempt in the 1st Army headquarters in the town of Abtaa
Abtaa ( ar, أبطع; transliteration: ''Ibṭaʿ'', also spelled ''Ibta'' or ''Obtei'a'') is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa District in the Daraa Governorate. Nearby localities include Da'el to the south, Khirbet Ghaz ...
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References
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Living people
Syrian colonels
Members of the Free Syrian Army
1967 births