Jamal Maarouf

{{short description|Syrian rebel leader}}

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| name = Jamal Maarouf

| native_name = {{nobold|جمال معروف}}

| native_name_lang = ar

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}}

| birth_place = Deir Sunbul, Idlib, Syria

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| known_for = Leader of the Syrian Martyrs' Brigade

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| nationality = Syrian

| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes

|allegiance = {{flagdeco|Syrian opposition}} FSA
(2011–present)

|branch = {{flagdeco|Syrian opposition}} Syria Revolutionaries Front (SRF)
(December 2013–5 May 2015)

|serviceyears = 2011–2015

|rank =

• Leader of Syrian Martyrs' Brigade
• Military Chief of the Syria Revolutionaries Front

| battles = {{tree list}}

• Syrian Civil War
• Siege of Wadi Deif{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-free-syrian-army-became-a-largely-criminal-enterprise-2013-11|title=How The Free Syrian Army Became A Largely Criminal Enterprise|date=30 November 2013|work=Business Insider|access-date=25 October 2014}}
• Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict
• Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war

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Jamal Maarouf ({{Langx|ar|جمال معروف}}) was one of the most powerful rebel leaders in northern Syria{{cite web |title=The rise and ugly fall of a moderate Syrian rebel offers lessons for the West |date=2015-01-05 |website=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028024018/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-rise-and-ugly-fall-of-a-moderate-syrian-rebel-offers-lessons-for-the-west/2015/01/04/3889db38-80da-4974-b1ef-1886f4183624_story.html |archive-date=2022-10-28 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-rise-and-ugly-fall-of-a-moderate-syrian-rebel-offers-lessons-for-the-west/2015/01/04/3889db38-80da-4974-b1ef-1886f4183624_story.html}} during the earlier stages of the Syrian Civil War. He was the military chief of the Syrian Revolutionaries Front and leader of the Syrian Martyrs' Brigade, both part of the Free Syrian Army.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcrunch.com/syria-crisis/the-fall-of-jamal-maarouf-symbol-of-the-moderate-syrian-rebellion-039-s-demise/jihad-isis-al-nusra-al-qaeda-assad-war-united-states/c13s17489/#.VQCZrOFlw8Q|title=The Fall Of Jamal Maarouf, Symbol Of The Moderate Syrian Rebellion's Demise|date=19 October 2014|work=Worldcrunch|accessdate=11 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144216/http://www.worldcrunch.com/syria-crisis/the-fall-of-jamal-maarouf-symbol-of-the-moderate-syrian-rebellion-039-s-demise/jihad-isis-al-nusra-al-qaeda-assad-war-united-states/c13s17489/#.VQCZrOFlw8Q|url-status=dead}}