13th Division (Syrian rebel group)

13th Division
13th Division
الفرقة 13
	Insignia of the 13th Division.
Leaders	Lt. Col. Ahmad al-Saud; Col. Ali al-Samahi †; Zaher al-Ahmad (56th Infantry Brigade) (POW); Abdul Karim Alito †; Maj. Moussa al-Hamoud (Victory Brigade); Capt. Ali al-Salloum (POW) (Victory Brigade); Maj. Abu Qusay (Khan Shaykhun Shield Brigades); Maj. Mousa al-Khaled (Victory of Saladin Brigade); Abdul Salam Najjar (Mustafa Brigade) (former); Ahmad al-Ibrish (spokesperson); Zakaria Quitaz (media official);
Dates of operation	June 2013 – 2017
Group(s)	56th Infantry Brigade; Maarat al-Nu'man Martyrs Brigade; Khan Shaykhun Shield Brigades; Slaves of Mercy Brigade; Victory Brigade; Northern Shield Brigade; Mustafa Brigade (former); Imam Bukhari Brigade; Victory of Saladin Brigade; Knights of Justice Brigade (former, 2013–14); Ansar al-Haq Brigade (former);
Headquarters	Ma'arrat al-Numan
Active regions	Idlib Governorate[citation needed]; Hama Governorate; Aleppo Governorate
Ideology	Syrian nationalism[citation needed]
Size	1,800+ (own claim in 2014)
Part of	Free Syrian Army[citation needed]; Free Idlib Army; Hawar Kilis Operations Room; Fatah Halab (2015–2016); Mare' Operations Room (2014–2016); 5th Corps (2014–2015);
Allies	Saudi Arabia; Turkey; Qatar; Sham Legion; Ahrar ash-Sham;
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force; ; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Al-Nusra Front/Tahrir al-Sham (since November 2014); Syrian Democratic Forces; Israel[citation needed];
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war Idlib Governorate clashes (2014); Battle of Morek; Battle of Aleppo; Second siege of Wadi Deif; Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war; Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war Al-Nusra Front-SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict; Second Battle of Maarat al-Nu'man; ; Operation Euphrates Shield; Idlib Governorate clashes (January 2017);

The 13th Division (Arabic: الفرقة 13) was a Syrian rebel group sanctioned by the Syrian National Council. It was among the first armed Syrian opposition groups to receive U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles. ^{[citation needed]} According to a spokesperson for the FSA's Supreme Military Council, the 13th Division was funded by sources within Qatar and Saudi Arabia.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Syria rebel recounts his time in an ISIL jail". Al Jazeera English. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Residents in northwest Syrian town caught in the latest crackdown by Al-Qaeda-linked rebel faction". Syria Direct. 12 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Nusra accused of kidnapping FSA commander". Now News. 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ "Martyr, God willing, Abdul Karim Alito commander of the central power of the Frqh_13 selections of revolutionary career". 13th Division@Youtube. 21 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b Mohammad Nemr (30 September 2014). "FSA: No terror is comparable to Assad's terror". Al-Monitor.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Division 13 evacuate most of its headquarters in the southern countryside of Idlib and clashes between them against Jabhat Al-Nusra and Jund al-Aqsa in Maarrat al-Nu'man area and tension prevails in the area | Syrian Observatory for Human Rights". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
^ Mark Mazzetti; Anne Barnard; Eric Schmitt (6 August 2016). "Military Success in Syria Gives Putin Upper Hand in U.S. Proxy War". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "Efrin'e saldıran çete gruplar ve arkasındaki güçler ? | ANHA". Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
^ ^a ^b "Commander of the "band 13" Union Press: did not withdraw our personnel from the fronts of fighting al Daesh in Mare'". Al Etihad Press. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
^ "Nusra accused of kidnapping FSA commander". Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
^ "Blasts at Syria air force compound kill dozens: activists". 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ "FSA: No terror is comparable to Assad's terror". 30 September 2014.
^ "Armor Brigade North-band 13". 5 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Announced the unification of the Free Army factions of the southern countryside of Idlib". AlSouria.net. 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
^ Özkizilcik, Ömer (20 February 2017). "Jaysh al Haq (part of 13. Division), Suqour al Marat, Saraya Jaysh al Suqour from Marat al NoumN joined #AhrarAlSham".
^ ^a ^b "Exclusive interview with Ahmad Al-Sa'oud, head of Division 13, one of the 9 factions given access to TOW missiles". Tahrir Souri. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Rebels say US-made missiles turning tide against regime". AFP. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[aje-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Syria rebel recounts his time in an ISIL jail". Al Jazeera English. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[crackdown-2] "Residents in northwest Syrian town caught in the latest crackdown by Al-Qaeda-linked rebel faction". Syria Direct. 12 June 2017.

[accused-3] "Nusra accused of kidnapping FSA commander". Now News. 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[kia-4] "Martyr, God willing, Abdul Karim Alito commander of the central power of the Frqh_13 selections of revolutionary career". 13th Division@Youtube. 21 September 2016.

[terror-5] Mohammad Nemr (30 September 2014). "FSA: No terror is comparable to Assad's terror". Al-Monitor.

[syriahr.com-6] "Division 13 evacuate most of its headquarters in the southern countryside of Idlib and clashes between them against Jabhat Al-Nusra and Jund al-Aqsa in Maarrat al-Nu'man area and tension prevails in the area | Syrian Observatory for Human Rights". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

[7] Mark Mazzetti; Anne Barnard; Eric Schmitt (6 August 2016). "Military Success in Syria Gives Putin Upper Hand in U.S. Proxy War". The New York Times.

[Archived_copy-8] "Efrin'e saldıran çete gruplar ve arkasındaki güçler ? | ANHA". Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-26.

[mustafa-9] "Commander of the "band 13" Union Press: did not withdraw our personnel from the fronts of fighting al Daesh in Mare'". Al Etihad Press. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[10] "Nusra accused of kidnapping FSA commander". Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-07-21.

[11] "Blasts at Syria air force compound kill dozens: activists". 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[12] "FSA: No terror is comparable to Assad's terror". 30 September 2014.

[13] "Armor Brigade North-band 13". 5 August 2013.

[unify-14] "Announced the unification of the Free Army factions of the southern countryside of Idlib". AlSouria.net. 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[15] Özkizilcik, Ömer (20 February 2017). "Jaysh al Haq (part of 13. Division), Suqour al Marat, Saraya Jaysh al Suqour from Marat al NoumN joined #AhrarAlSham".

[ts-16] "Exclusive interview with Ahmad Al-Sa'oud, head of Division 13, one of the 9 factions given access to TOW missiles". Tahrir Souri. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[17] "Rebels say US-made missiles turning tide against regime". AFP. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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