Idlib Military Council
{{Distinguish|text=the SDF military council of the same name or the Unified Military Council (Idlib)}}
{{infobox war faction
|name=Revolutionary Military Council in Idlib Governorate
|native_name={{langx|ar|المجلس العسكري الثوري في محافظة ادلب}}
|native_name_lang= Ar
|war=the Syrian civil war
|image=
|caption=
|active= April 2012 – 14 June 2014
|ideology=
|leaders= Col. Afif Suleiman{{cite web|author=Abouzeid, Rania|url=https://world.time.com/2013/02/07/ground-war-syrias-rebels-prepare-to-take-a-province-from-assad/|title=Ground War: Syria's Rebels Prepare to Take a Province from Assad|work=Time magazine|date=7 February 2013|access-date=24 August 2014}}
|groups=
|headquarters=Kafr Nabl
|area=Idlib Governorate
|size=
|partof= Free Syrian Army
- Syrian Revolutionaries Front (since December 2013){{cite web|author=Lund, Aron|url=http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53910|title=The Syria Revolutionaries' Front|work=Carnegie Middle East Center|date=13 December 2013|accessdate=24 August 2014}} (2013—14)
|predecessor=
|successor=Free Idlib Army
|allies=Islamic Front
|opponents=*Syrian Armed Forces
|battles= Syrian Civil War
- Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011–March 2012)
- Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012–April 2013)
- 2014 Idlib offensive
}}
The Revolutionary Military Council in Idlib Governorate ({{langx|ar|المجلس العسكري الثوري في محافظة ادلب}}) was a Syrian rebel military council affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and was headed by Colonel Afif Suleiman. The group was active in the Idlib Governorate.
History
Defected Syrian Air Force Colonel Afif Suleiman formed the Northern Shield Battalion in February 2012. In April 2012, Suleiman formed the Idlib Military Council. In late May 2012, the military council and its affiliated rebel groups, including the Syrian Martyrs' Brigade (then called the Martyrs of Mount Zawiya Battalion), terminated the Kofi Annan Syrian peace plan and began to launch attacks against Syrian Army positions near Idlib, in coordination with the allied Suqour al-Sham Brigade.{{cite web|url=http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Backgrounder_RebelGroupsJebelAlZawiyah_31July.pdf|title=Rebel groups in Jebel Al-Zawiyah|work=Understanding War|date=26 July 2012}}
In December 2013, it issued a statement against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to release all of its captured FSA officers, including Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed al-Saud of the 13th Division and Fares Bayoush of the Knights of Justice Brigade and their fighters.{{cite web|author=Paraszczuk, Joanna|url=http://eaworldview.com/2014/01/syria-isis-releases-first-free-syrian-army-prisoner-lt-col-ahmad-saoud/|title=Syria: ISIS Releases First Free Syrian Army Prisoner, Lt Col Ahmad Saoud|work=Carnegie Middle East Center|date=1 January 2014|accessdate=24 August 2014}}
The council joined the Syrian Revolutionaries Front on 9 December 2013.
On 14 June 2014, the commander of the Idlib Military Council, Col. Afif Suleiman, along with 8 other FSA military council commanders, all colonels or lieutenant colonels, resigned due to the lack of funding.{{cite web|url=http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/27392/Military+Council+Leaders+Resign|title=Military Council Leaders Resign|work=Syrian Observer|date=16 June 2014|access-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032249/http://syrianobserver.com/EN/News/27392/Military+Council+Leaders+Resign|archive-date=11 August 2018|url-status=dead}}