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The Southern Front is a Syrian rebel alliance consisting of 58 Syrian opposition factions affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, with the Southern Front commanding the loyalty of 70% of active operations rooms in southern Syria and holding control of 70% of Daraa Governorate alone. The Southern Front was established on 14 February 2014 in southern Syria〔 and receives support from the US led Military Operations Center (MOC) based in Amman, Jordan.〔 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". The constituent groups range from secularist groups to moderate religious groups. ==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 First Corps in the south.〔 On 27 December 2014, the 18 March Division, Yarmouk Army, Fallujah of Houran Brigade and Lions of Sunna Brigade merged under the command structure of the Hawks of the South coalition to strengthen the Southern Front. On 1 January 2015, the Hamza Division, Syria Revolutionaries Front (SRF) southern command and 1st Artillery Regiment merged under the command structure of the First Army. On 25 March 2015, the Southern Front captured the town of Bosra after a 3-day long battle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mainstream Syrian rebels seize historic town in south: monitor )〕 On 1 April 2015, the Southern Front captured the Nasib border crossing, the last government-controlled border crossing into Jordan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ISIS Storms Damascus Suburb of Yarmouk: monitor )〕 On 15 May 2015, the Southern Front unified under one military council, chaired by 7 senior members. On 1 June 2015, the Southern Front paraded for the graduation of one thousand new members. After the Southern Front's strategic victory at the capture of Brigade 52 in early June 2015, an analyst from the Institute for Strategic Studies stated that "The Southern Front is now showing itself as an increasingly effective buffer against Islamist rebels as well as an effective means for applying pressure on the Assad regime", and Southern Front spokesman Issam al-Reis stated that "We have most of Daraa liberated, our lines of defense behind us are solid, and now we can start the operation toward Damascus and the highway leading to it".〔 On 17 June 2015, the Southern Front launched an offensive to take all of Quneitra province. On 25 June 2015, the Southern Front announced "Southern Storm", an offensive to capture Daraa city, where the Syrian Revolution began in 2012. By mid-August the offensive had failed to make significant advances, but the government had responded by increasing attacks on civilian neighborhoods, killing dozens of civilians, leading to public demonstrations against the Southern Front's failed strategy.〔 An analysis by the Heinrich Böll Foundation suggested that the Southern Front had failed to receive significant support from the Military Operations Center in Jordan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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