Free Officers Movement (Syria)

The Free Officers Movement (Arabic: حركة الضباط الأحرار, Harakat ad-Dubbat al-Ahrar), also known as the Free Officers Brigade (Arabic: لواء الضباط الاحرار, Liwa ad-Dubbat al-Ahrar), was a Syrian rebel group that operated during the early phase of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.

[10] The Free Officers Movement was formed on 9 June 2011 by Hussein Harmoush, a lieutenant colonel who defected from the Syrian Army.

He, along with 30 other defected soldiers, aided other rebels and civilians during the June 2011 Jisr ash-Shugur clashes and helped them escape to Turkey.

He retracted his previous statements regarding Syrian security forces firing into crowds of protesters and accused the Muslim Brotherhood in instigating the conflict.

Conflicting reports by human rights organizations stated that he was either executed by the Air Force Intelligence Directorate by firing squad in January 2012 or continued to be imprisoned as of November 2013.

Lt. Col. Hussein Harmoush , founder of the Free Officers Movement of Syria.