Revolutionary Commando Army

Syrian Free Army
Syrian Free Army
Arabic: جيش مغاوير الثورة
	Flag of the Syrian opposition
Leaders	Muhammad Farid (since October 2022); Muhannad Ahmad (until October 2022); Captain Abdullah al-Zoubi; (since December 2016, MaT); Bara Fares; (media spokesperson); Muhammad Jarrah; (spokesman); Khazal al-Sarhan; (until December 2016, NSYA); Mozahem al-Saloum; (spokesperson, former, NSYA);
Dates of operation	May 2015 – Dec 2016 (New Syrian Army) Dec 2016 — Nov 2022 (Maghaweir Al-Thowra) Nov 2022 — present (Syrian Free Army)
Group(s)	Ghosts of the Desert; Allahu Akbar Brigade;
Headquarters	Al-Tanf
Active regions	Homs Governorate, Rif Dimashq Governorate, and Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria; Anbar Governorate, Iraq
Ideology	Syrian opposition
Status	Active
Size	120 (2015); 300 (2016); 40–60 (November 2017); 300 (October 2018); 500 (2023) ;
Part of	Free Syrian Army; Authenticity and Development Front (until August 2016)
Allies	Southern Front; Lions of the East Army; Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo; United States; United Kingdom; Norway (until 2018); Jordan (until 2018)
Opponents	Islamic State; Syrian Armed Forces; Islamic Resistance in Iraq
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Al-Tanf offensive; Abu Kamal offensive; 2016–2017 Desert campaign; 2017 Desert offensive; American-led intervention; Opposition–IS conflict; 2023 American–Middle East conflict

The Syrian Free Army (SFA), also known as the New Syrian Army (NSA), or Revolutionary Commando Army, is a Syrian opposition faction which controls territory near the Jordan–Syria border. It has been trained by United States Army and hosted at al-Tanf.

Founded as an expansion of the Allahu Akbar Brigade by Syrian Arab Army defectors and other rebels during the Syrian Civil War on 20 May 2015, the New Syrian Army sought to expel the Islamic State from southeastern Syria. In December 2016, the New Syrian Army dissolved, and the remnants of the group formed Maghawir al-Thawra. In 2022 it rebranded as the Syrian Free Army following disputes between different factions of its leadership.

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