Fadlallah al-Haji

Fadlallah al-Haji
Fadlallah al-Haji
Native name	فضل الله الحجي
Born	Kafr Yahmoul, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Allegiance	Syria (until 2012); Syrian Interim Government (2013–present)
Branch	Syrian National Army (2017–present); National Front for Liberation (2018–present);
Years of service	?–2012; 2012–present
Rank	Colonel (?–2019); Brigadier general (2019–present)
Unit	Sham Legion (2014–present)
Battles/wars	Syrian Civil War Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012–April 2013); 2014 Idlib offensive; 2014 Latakia offensive; Siege of Wadi Deif (2014); 2014 Hama offensive; 2015 Idlib offensive Battle of Idlib (2015); ; Siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015); Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015); 2015–16 Latakia offensive; 2015 Hama offensive; 2016 Hama offensive; Idlib Governorate clashes (January–March 2017); Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018); Operation Olive Branch; National Front for Liberation–Tahrir al-Sham conflict; Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019); Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020);

Fadlallah al-Haji (Arabic: فَضْلَ اللَّه الْحَجِي, romanized: Faḍlallāh al-Ḥajī) is a Syrian rebel leader, close to Turkey^[1] and the Muslim Brotherhood.^[2] Considered a "scrupulous military man" by other Syrian rebel leaders and a "Turkish protégé",^[3] al-Haji has led the Sham Legion since its formation in 2014. He was appointed chief of staff of the Syrian Interim Government's General Staff of its Ministry of Defence in 2017,^[4] and has been the commander-in-chief of the National Front for Liberation since its formation in 2018. The NFL merged with the Syrian National Army in October 2019, and al-Haji was appointed a deputy chief of staff of the SNA, continuing to preside over the NFL, which will restructure into four legions.^[5]