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Bashar al-Zoubi

Free Syrian Army officer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Bashar al-Zoubi (Arabic: بشار الزعبي), also known as Abu Fadi, is a Syrian general-turned rebel leader who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces. He became the leader of the Southern Front. He was also the head of the Yarmouk Brigade.

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Personal life

Al-Zoubi, a native of Al Taybah,[3] "made his fortune in the tourism industry" and is from the al-Zoubi clan.[4]

Syrian civil war

Al-Zoubi defected from the Syrian government in 2011. He later became the "commander-in-chief" of the Southern Front, as well as the head of the Yarmouk Brigade.[5]

Al-Zoubi was part of an "opposition delegation", including Adham al-Akrad and Ahmad al-Awda, which negotiated with Russia in late June 2018, though he rejected the proposed terms of the settlement.[6]

An unsuccessful assassination attempt on his life was made in December 2013.[7]

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