Alliance of Southern Forces | |
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تحالف القوات الجنوبية Participant in the Syrian Civil War |
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Active | 9 February 2017 – present |
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Allies | Revolutionary Army |
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The Alliance of Southern Forces is a Syrian rebel coalition consisting of 8 rebel factions from the Free Syrian Army's Southern Front. The group operates in southwestern Syria. The coalition supports the High Negotiations Committee and its participation in the Geneva peace talks on Syria.
On 19 May 2017, Mazen Jawad, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Walid, a commander of the Free Nawa Division of the Alliance of Southern Forces, was assassinated by unknown assailants at his home in Inkhil.