First Army (Syrian rebel group)

{{infobox war faction

| name = First Army

| native_name = الجيش الأول
Jaysh al-Awal

| native_name_lang = Ar

| war = the Syrian Civil War

| image = Logo of the Southern Front.png

| caption = Logo of the Southern Front

| active = 1 January – July 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.shaamtimes.net/news-details.php?id=20846|title=More than 10.000 Free Syrian Army fighters announce the formation of the "First Army" in southern Syria|work=Shaam Times|date=1 January 2015|accessdate=2 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010114937/http://www.shaamtimes.net/news-details.php?id=20846|archive-date=10 October 2017|url-status=dead}}

| ideology =

| leaders = Col. Saber Safar{{KIA}}

| clans = *Syria Revolutionaries Front{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2015/03/syria-southern-front-differences.html|title=Syria dissident groups still not united|work=Al Monitor|date=5 March 2015|accessdate=5 March 2015}}

• Coming Victory Brigade
• 7th Division
• Riyad al-Salehin Battalions of Damascus
• Special Assignments Regiment of Damascus
• Southern Swords Division{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRKekmdPF24|title=مميز// تشكيل فرقة سيف الجنوب في المنطقة الجنوبية بسوريا 5/6/2016|last=احمد الجولاني|date=5 June 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
• Hamza Division
• 1st Artillery Regiment
• 1st Assembly{{cite web|author=share |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/3rtgan/daraa_southern_front_announcement_of_the_largest/ |title=Daraa / Southern Front - Announcement of the largest merger of combat brigades on the Horan Ground under the name "First Assembly" "التجمع الأول" Joining and Full integration into the ranks of the FSA 'First Army" Led by Colonel صابر سفر : syriancivilwar |publisher=Reddit.com |date=2015-11-06 |accessdate=2016-03-22}}

| headquarters =

| area = Daraa Governorate

Quneitra Governorate{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe/photos/a.150495128392167.28686.121855461256134/635203499921325/?type=1&theater|title=3 Islamic brigades "al-Hamza brigade, the first artillery convoy, SRF" announced a full union and formed "the first army"|work=SOHR|date=2 January 2015|accessdate=2 January 2015}}

| size = 5,000{{cite web|url=http://www.aawsat.net/2015/01/article55340027|title=Moderate rebel factions unite in southern Syria|work=Asharq Al-Awsat|date=3 January 2015|accessdate=4 January 2015|archive-date=4 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104235312/http://www.aawsat.net/2015/01/article55340027|url-status=dead}}-10,000

| partof = Free Syrian Army

• 25px Southern Front{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SyrianRebellionObservatory/photos/a.1648239072069399.1073741828.1648217982071508/1683108965249076/?type=1&theater|title=Three important Free Syrian Army factions decided, at this 2015 new year, to create the First Army|work=SRO|date=1 January 2015|accessdate=2 January 2015}}

| predecessor =

| successor =

| allies = *Al-Rahman Legion

• Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union

| opponents = *{{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (1980–2024).svg}} Syrian Armed Forces

• {{flagicon image|InfoboxNDF.png}} National Defence Forces
• Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade

| battles = Syrian Civil War

• Daraa offensive (January 2015)
• 2015 Southern Syria offensive
• Battle of Bosra (2015)
• Daraa and As-Suwayda offensive (June 2015)
• Daraa offensive (June–July 2015)

}}

{{Campaignbox Syrian uprising}}

The First Army was a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army. It was created on 1 January 2015 in an effort to unify rebel ranks in southern Syria. Three prominent rebel units merged under this command structure. It operated as part of the Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army.