Saber Safar

Saber Safar Fares (Arabic: صابر صفر فارس) is a Free Syrian Army colonel, who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces to the FSA in 2013. He was the founder and commander of the Hamza Division^[2] and also holds the position of overall commander in the First Army of the Southern Front since 1 January 2015.^[3] As of late 2015, he was reportedly the highest ranking FSA officer in southern Syria.^[1]

Saber Safar
Native name	صابر صفر
Born	1967 (age 57–58) Abtaa, Syria
Allegiance	Syria (until 2013) Syrian opposition (2013–present)
Branch	Syrian Arab Air Force (until 2013)[1] Free Syrian Army[2] Southern Front
Rank	Colonel[2]
Unit	2nd Air Force Battalion (until 2013)[1] First Army[3][2][better source needed] Hamza Division
Commands	Commander-in-chief of the 1st Army (2015)
Battles / wars	Syrian civil war Daraa Governorate campaign Daraa offensive (January 2015) 2015 Southern Syria offensive Daraa and As-Suwayda offensive (June 2015) Daraa offensive (June–July 2015)

History

In August 2015, Saber Safar survived an assassination attempt in the 1st Army headquarters in the town of Abtaa.^[4]