Saber Safar

{{Short description|Syrian Army officer}}

{{Infobox military person

|name=Saber Safar

|native_name= صابر صفر فارس

|native_name_lang= ar

|nickname=

|birth_date={{Birth year and age|1967}}

|birth_place= Abtaa, Syria

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|allegiance= {{flag|Syria}} (until 2013)

{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} Syrian opposition (2013–present)

|branch= {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Air Force.svg}} Syrian Arab Air Force ({{small|until 2013}}){{cite web|url=https://rfsmediaoffice.com/en/2015/11/16/fsa_ourchoice-colonel-saber-safar/|title=FSA OurChoice colonel Saber Safar|work=RFS Media Office|date=16 November 2015|access-date=29 March 2017|archive-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518150333/http://rfsmediaoffice.com/en/2015/11/16/fsa_ourchoice-colonel-saber-safar/|url-status=dead}}

{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} Free Syrian Army

• {{flagicon image|Logo of the Southern Front.png}} Southern Front

|rank= 30px Colonel

|unit=2nd Air Force Battalion ({{small|until 2013}})

First Army{{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}}

• Hamza Division

|commands=Commander-in-chief of the 1st Army ({{small|2015}})

|battles=Syrian civil war

• Daraa Governorate campaign
• Daraa offensive (January 2015)
• 2015 Southern Syria offensive
• Daraa and As-Suwayda offensive (June 2015)
• Daraa offensive (June–July 2015)

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Saber Safar Fares ({{langx|ar|صابر صفر فارس}}) is a Free Syrian Army colonel, who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces to the FSA in 2013. He was the founder and commander of the Hamza Division and also holds the position of overall commander in the First Army of the Southern Front since 1 January 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-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010114937/http://www.shaamtimes.net/news-details.php?id=20846|url-status=dead}} As of late 2015, he was reportedly the highest ranking FSA officer in southern Syria.