Abdullah Awda
{{short description|Syrian rebel leader}}
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|name = Abdullah Awda
|native_name = {{nobold|عبد الله عودة}}
|native_name_lang = ar
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|birth_place = Homs Governorate, Syria
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|known_for = Leader of the Hazzm Movement
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|nationality = Syrian
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|allegiance = {{Flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} SAA
(until 2011)
{{Flagicon|Syria}} FSA
(2011–present)
|branch = *675th Battalion
- Free Officers Movement
- Farouq al-Shamal Battalions
- Hazzm Movement
|serviceyears = Until 2015
|battles =
- Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-rebels-who-received-first-us-missiles-of-war-see-shipment-as-an-important-first-step/2014/04/27/61ec84d8-0f53-4c9f-bf0a-c3395819c540_story.html|title=Syrian rebels who received first U.S. missiles of war see shipment as 'an important first step'|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=28 April 2014|access-date=15 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823071114/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-rebels-who-received-first-us-missiles-of-war-see-shipment-as-an-important-first-step/2014/04/27/61ec84d8-0f53-4c9f-bf0a-c3395819c540_story.html|archive-date=23 August 2017|url-status=live}}
- Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war
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Abdullah Awda ({{Langx|ar|عبد الله عودة}}), also known by his nom de guerre Abu Zeid, was a rebel leader in northern Syria during the earlier stages of the Syrian Civil War. He was the leader of the Hazzm Movement, part of the Free Syrian Army.
Biography
Abdullah Awda held the rank of 1st Lieutenant in the Syrian Arab Army (675th Battalion, 87th Brigade, 11th Division) when he defected in 2011 and subsequently joined the Free Officers Movement during the Syrian Civil War.{{cite web|url=https://syrianmemory.org/archive/figures/60a256b51d782d0001e5f7a4lang=arabic|title=عبد الله عودة
|date=13 December 2013|work=Syrian Memory|accessdate=10 December 2024}} He later became the leader of Farouq al-Shamal Battalions, who joined the Syrian Revolutionaries Front in December 2013.{{cite web|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2013/12/the-syria-revolutionaries-front?lang=en |first=Aron |last=Lund|title=The Syria Revolutionaries’ Front
|date=13 December 2013|work=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|accessdate=10 December 2024}}
From 2014, Awda commanded the US-backed Hazzm Movement in its fight against the Islamic State.
In January 2015, the al-Nusra Front attacked the Hazzm Movement in northern Aleppo countryside, forcing it to dissolve. Awda, together with other rebel leaders, fled to Turkey and went in exile.{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-aleppo-idUKKBN0L408E20150131 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219193334/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-aleppo-idUKKBN0L408E20150131 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2015 |title=Western-backed rebels join Aleppo alliance - Syria monitor |date=31 January 2015 |accessdate=9 February 2015 |work=Reuters}}
On 16 December 2016, Awda and other leaders of groups ousted by al-Nusra declared their willingness to return to Syria. Their statement was handwritten and signed by Awda, Jamal Maarouf (Syria Revolutionaries Front), Mithqal al-Abdullah (Ansar Brigades) and Youssef al-Hassan (Haq al-Muqatila Front).{{Cite web |title=مبادرة مفتوحة من ثلاثة بنود تعيد جمال معروف إلى الواجهة |url=https://www.enabbaladi.net/610258/مبادرة-مفتوحة-من-ثلاثة-بنود-تعيد-جمال-م |date=20 October 2020 |website=Enab Baladi |language=ar |access-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804181038/https://www.enabbaladi.net/610258/مبادرة-مفتوحة-من-ثلاثة-بنود-تعيد-جمال-م |archive-date=4 August 2024 |url-status=live}}
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