Fares Bayoush

Fares Bayoush
Native name	فارس البيوش
Born	1970 (age 46–47) Kafr Nabl, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Allegiance	Syria (1990–2011) Free Syrian Army (2012–17)
Service/branch	Syrian Arab Air Force (1990–2011) Northern Division (2015–17) 5th Corps (2014) Free Idlib Army (2016–17)
Years of service	1990–2011
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Unit	24th Air Brigade (1992–2011) Knights of Justice Brigade (2012–17)
Commands held	5th Corps chief of staff (2014)
Battles/wars	Syrian Civil War Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–14) (POW) Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012 – April 2013) Battle of Maarrat al-Nu'man (WIA) 2013 Hama offensive Battle of Murak 2014 Hama offensive Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015) Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) 2015 Hama offensive Syrian protests (March 2016-present)

 Syria (1990–2011)

Syrian Civil War

Fares Bayoush (Arabic: فارس البيوش‎‎, born 1970) was a former lieutenant colonel in the Syrian Arab Air Force who defected to the Free Syrian Army in 2012.

In 1990, Fares Bayoush joined a Syrian Air Force technical institute and graduated as a lieutenant colonel in 1992. From there he became an aircraft engineer and an officer of the Syrian Air Force's 24th Brigade. He was stationed in the Deir ez-Zor Airport.

On 1 April 2011, during the civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War, Fares Bayoush went from Deir ez-Zor and traveled to the town of Kafr Nabl in the Idlib Governorate. He returned to Deir ez-Zor and contacted other officers to organize a mutiny in the Deir ez-Zor Airbase. They were arrested by the Air Force Intelligence Directorate and transferred to the Mezzeh Military Airport under detainment.

Fares Bayoush and two other military officers were released in June 2012. The next month, they announced their defection from the Syrian Armed Forces and joined the Free Syrian Army. They then headed back to Deir ez-Zor to join the rebels there, where heavy clashes between the government and the rebels occurred.

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