Supreme Military Council (Syria)

Supreme Military Council
Supreme Military Council
المجلس العسكري الأعلى
	Official logo of the council
Leaders	Brig. Gen. Salim Idris (first commander, 2012–14); Brig. Gen. Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir al-Noeimi (second commander, February – June 2014); Brig. Gen. Albay Ahmed Berri (FSA chief of staff, position disputed among SMC); Col. Qasim Saad al-Din (spokesman);
Dates of operation	7 December 2012 – unclear (officially disbanded by the SNC on 26 June 2014)
Allegiance	National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
Active regions	Syria
Size	30 officers, representing 5 fronts
Part of	Free Syrian Army

The Supreme Military Council (SMC) (Arabic: المجلس العسكري الأعلى, also called the Supreme Military Command^[4]) was the highest military leadership of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) from late 2012 to at least mid-2014. The establishment of the organisation was announced on 7 December 2012 with the backing of western and Arab powers as a means of financing and arming Syrian rebel forces.^[5]^[6]

The Supreme Military Council of the FSA supported the Syrian National Council (SNC).^[3] It also recognized the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the "civil authority" of the Syrian opposition.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Military Political Complex". Syria:direct. 6 October 2013.
^ "Syrian rebel command sacked over graft claims". Al Arabiya. 27 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Guide to the Syrian rebels". BBC. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Factbox: Syrian rebels against opposition coalition". Reuters. 25 September 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference stein was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ MacFarquhar, Neil; Saad, Hwaida (7 December 2012). "Rebel groups in Syria make framework for military". The New York Times. The New York Times.

[complex-1] "Military Political Complex". Syria:direct. 6 October 2013.

[sacked-2] "Syrian rebel command sacked over graft claims". Al Arabiya. 27 June 2014.

[guide-3] "Guide to the Syrian rebels". BBC. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[4] "Factbox: Syrian rebels against opposition coalition". Reuters. 25 September 2013.

[stein-5] Cite error: The named reference stein was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NewYorkTimes-6] MacFarquhar, Neil; Saad, Hwaida (7 December 2012). "Rebel groups in Syria make framework for military". The New York Times. The New York Times.

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