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told Step News Agency that he demobilized fighters of the Free Idlib Army who were killed in combat in order to avoid paying financial support to their families, and did not send reinforcements to the frontlines during the offensive, instead moving himself and the rest of the Free Idlib Army's
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1078:"Urgent: HTS releases the leader of the Free Army of Idlib. Colonel Afif Suleiman, commander of the Free Army of Idlib, was released two days after his arrest at one of its checkpoints"
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in March 2021, Suleiman said that 1,400 Free Idlib Army fighters have been killed by that time, and that only families of killed fighters were who married are paid, in amounts of
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oversaw the allocations of supplies to different rebel groups from the control room. Suleiman accused Sakr of favoring several groups within the Idlib
Military Council, including
510:, Suleiman said that he was concerned ISIL would use the funding and heavy weapons they seized in Iraq to launch a counter-offensive against the rebels in Syria. He then via
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September 2012, the Idlib Military Council and other FSA military councils had been receiving supplies of weapons and funding from
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in Afrin away from the fighting. The same source accused him of providing fake lists of fighters to his backers, mainly Turkey, and
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671:"How Afif Al-Sulaiman transformed the Free Idlib Army from a moderate formation into a private farm that generates millions"
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In response to these accusations and to
Suleiman's replacement of the Free Idlib Army leadership to exclude members of the
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obtained a document signed by
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Suleiman has been the subject of criticism and condemnation among opposition circles following the end of the
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activities including stealing and selling truckloads of food Turkey sends to the Free Idlib Army.
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In early 2014, Suleiman was one of the rebel leaders who oversaw the offensive that led to the
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and announced that his group would resume attacks against government forces. His fighters
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in the Idlib
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in order to fight government forces despite Ford's and other US officials' concerns.
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803:"Syria's Secular and Islamist Rebels: Who Are the Saudis and the Qataris Arming?"
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to the northern Idlib
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within rebel ranks in 2012 and 2013, but began cooperating with sectarian
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officials, and supported by the US attended a 3-day conference of the
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National
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region to the north and punished those who stayed in Idlib.
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from the Idlib
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northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019âMarch 2020)
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On 31 July 2019, Suleiman and his son were arrested by
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Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011 â March 2012)
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1108:"Opposition faction demands the trial of its leader!"
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737:"Syria: Damascus 'suicide attack' - Friday 6 January"
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990:"Syrian opposition needs lethal aid to defeat ISIL"
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Revolutionary Military Council in Idlib Governorate
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Revolutionary Military Council in Idlib Governorate
358:of 25 May 2012, Suleiman declared the end of the
300:Afif Mahmoud Suleiman was born in the village of
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717:"Syrian rebels claim to have downed fighter jet"
237:Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012âApril 2013)
452:, and other military council leaders denounced
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483:as a counter to the recently formed
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227:Hama Governorate clashes (2011â2012)
1131:Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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508:Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)
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918:"The Syria Revolutionaries' Front"
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1198:Holliday, Joseph (21 June 2012).
1010:"Military Council Leaders Resign"
851:"Syrian Rebels at Cross Purposes"
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285:National Front for Liberation
135:National Front for Liberation
975:International Business Times
481:Syrian Revolutionaries Front
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1201:Syria's Maturing Insurgency
968:Erin Banco (11 June 2014).
923:Carnegie Middle East Center
879:"What Went Wrong in Syria?"
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39:1966 (age 57–58)
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312:until he announced his
473:Idlib Martyrs' Brigade
450:Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi
446:US ambassador to Syria
801:(18 September 2012).
638:In an interview with
495:three days earlier.
306:Syrian Arab Air Force
257:Afif Mahmoud Suleiman
161:Years of service
97:Syrian Arab Air Force
1252:Syrian National Army
1237:Syrian Sunni Muslims
1046:. 27 September 2014.
877:(21 December 2017).
873:Athanasios Dimadis;
849:(23 November 2012).
722:Agence France-Presse
577:leadership north to
551:Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
479:of Hama to form the
444:, who served as the
370:as it took off from
247:2014 Idlib offensive
154:Syrian National Army
67:Syrian Arab Republic
1112:Baladi News Network
1088:on 27 November 2020
875:Robert Stephen Ford
856:The Washington Post
763:. 21 February 2012.
700:Syrian Press Center
611:On 18 August 2020,
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1152:. 18 August 2020.
1020:on 11 August 2018
745:. 6 January 2012.
725:. 30 August 2012.
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330:mass graves
326:Arab League
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650:References
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385:through a
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296:Early war
291:Biography
627:and two
625:blankets
583:hoarding
579:Jindires
545:Late war
462:al-Qaeda
458:Islamist
391:Istanbul
302:Maasaran
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629:sponges
617:Latakia
606:treason
591:corrupt
587:dollars
310:colonel
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279:of the
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574:source
539:Aleppo
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