Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi

Abdul Jabbar al-Oqaidi (also spelled al-Aqidi) is a commander of the Free Syrian Army. He was a former Colonel in the Syrian Arab Army who defected in early 2012. He is the commander of, and a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, the main armed rebel forces operating in Syria during the Syrian civil war. He joined the Free Syrian Army after defecting from the Syrian army in early 2012. On November 3, 2013, he announced his resignation from the Aleppo Revolutionary Military Council due to disunity among the rebels and constant retreats from battles; including al-Safira.