Southern Front (Syrian rebel group)

The Southern Front is a Syrian rebel coalition consisting of 49-56 rebel factions affiliated with the Free Syrian Army. The Southern Front was established on 14 February 2014 in southern Syria and receives support from foreign military advisers based in Amman, Jordan. The front gathered rebel units under the supervision of an "operations room" in Amman. Since its formation, rebels said, field operation rooms have been added inside Syria to improve coordination between units. The coalition is "described by Western officials as the best organized of the mainstream opposition".

History
On 13 November 2014, it was reported that 15 factions of the Southern Front drew up a political program as an alternative to the exile-led opposition in Turkey, in which they are planning to turn the Southern Front into a civilian security force. At the same time a provincial council was established. This political program is intended to have "broad appeal among Syrian civilians and to undercut support for more extreme interpretations of Islam that has been spreading".

Around that time, almost 40 small rebel groups joined the so-called First Legion in the south.

Affiliated groups

 * Syria Revolutionaries Front (Southern Branch)
 * Lower Qalamoun Brigade
 * Yarmouk Brigade
 * Fallujah of Houran Brigade
 * Muhajerin and Ansar Brigade
 * Usoud al-Sunna Brigade
 * March 18 Division
 * Hamza Assadullah Brigade
 * First Commando Division
 * Dawn of Islam Division
 * Youth of Sunnah Brigade
 * al-Ezz bin Abdessalam Brigade
 * Karama Brigade
 * Tahrir al-Sham Division
 * 1st Artillery Regiment
 * 1st Brigade
 * Shuhada Douma Brigade
 * Ghouta Mujahedin Brigade
 * Ababil Houran Brigade
 * Tawhid Kata’ib Horan
 * Eleventh Division/Upper Qalamoun
 * al-Moutazz Billah Brigade
 * Special Assignments Brigade
 * Quneitra Military Council
 * Sword of al-Sham Brigades
 * Tahrir al-Sham Brigade
 * Damascus Martyrs Brigade
 * Martyrs of Islam Brigade
 * Freedom Martyrs Brigade
 * Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade
 * Amoud Houran Brigade
 * al-Lajat Shield Brigade
 * al-Haramein al-Sharifein Brigade
 * Habib Brigade
 * Bunyan Battalion
 * Ahrar Nawa brigade
 * Usoud al-Islam Battalion
 * Salaheddin Brigade
 * Houran Storm Brigade
 * Tebarek Rahman Battalion
 * Tawhid al-Lajat Battalion
 * First Knights’ Regiment
 * Second Knights’ Regiment
 * al-Moutassem Billah Battalion
 * Homs al-Walid Brigade
 * Ahfad ibn al-Walid Brigade
 * Special Assignments Regiment
 * Martyr of Houran Brigade
 * Western Countryside Ahrar Battalion
 * Hamza Division