Syrian Revolutionary Command Council

{{Short description|Alliance of Syrian rebel factions involved in the Syrian Civil War}}

{{infobox war faction

| name = Syrian Revolutionary Command Council

| native_name = مجلس قيادة الثورة السورية

| native_name_lang = ar

| war = the Syrian Civil War

| identification_symbol_label = Flag

| image = Insignia of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council.svg

| caption = Logo of the SRCC

| active = 3 August 2014{{cite news|url=http://gohasnail.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/translation-the-formation-of-the-syrian-revolutionary-command-council/|title=Translation: the Formation of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council|accessdate=13 October 2014|publisher=Goha's Nail|date=3 August 2014}} – late 2015

| clans = Free Syrian Army

• 101st Infantry Division
• 13th Division
• Army of Victory
• 1st Regiment
• Levant Front
• Free Syria Brigade
• Fastaqim Union
• Northern Storm Brigade

Other groups

• Sham Legion
• Authenticity and Development Front
• Army of Mujahideen
• Islamic Front
• Jaysh al-Islam
• Ahrar al-Sham
• Ansar al-Sham
• Liwa al-Haqq
• Kurdish Islamic Front
• Suqour al-Sham Brigades
• Al-Tawhid Brigade
• Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union
• Jabhat Ansar al-Islam
• Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement

Former groups (dissolved)

• Syria Revolutionaries Front (northern branch)
• Ansar Brigades
• Hazzm Movement
• Shields of the Revolution Council
• Fighters of Justice Front
• Syrian Liberation Front

| leaders = {{plain list|

• Qais Abdullah Sheikh
  (president)
• Lt. Gen. Hajj Ali
  (military leader)
• Mohammed Alloush
  (political leader){{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/538698575132114946|title=PT: Command Council President is Qais Abdullah Sheikh, Political leader is Mohammed Alloush, Military leader is Lt. Gen. Hajj Ali.|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=8 December 2014|date=29 November 2014}}

}}

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| area = Syria

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| opponents = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (1980–2024).svg}} Syrian Armed Forces
{{flagicon image|InfoboxNDF.png}} National Defense Force
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant2.svg}} Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

| battles = Syrian Civil War

| identification_symbol = 200px

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The Syrian Revolutionary Command Council ({{langx|ar|مجلس قيادة الثورة السورية|Majlis Qiyādat ath-Thawra as-Sūriyya}}) was an alliance of 72 Syrian rebels factions{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/middle-east/article24776875.html|title=Islamists come out on top in new effort to unify Syrian rebel groups|date=29 November 2014|accessdate=19 November 2015|publisher=McClatchy DC|last=Alhamadee|first=Mousab}} involved in the Syrian Civil War and remained active throughout 2015.

The aim of the council was to increase the coordination and unity between the different groups, with the council planned to be divided into regional fronts that will be led by councils made up of representatives from the different factions, similar to how the Free Syrian Army was structured.{{cite web|title=New alliance could signal end of Islamic Front|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/08/new-alliance-could-end-islamic-front.html#ixzz39eyV0z1E|work=As-Safir|date=4 August 2014|accessdate=13 October 2014}} The signatories represent both secular and Islamist groups; however al-Qaeda's al-Nusra Front and some of its allies were excluded.{{cite web|title=Opposition backers strengthen jihadists by shunning moderate Islamists|url=http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/opposition-backers-strengthen-jihadists-by-shunning-moderate-islamists#ixzz39eycRIuq|work=The National (Abu Dhabi)|date=5 August 2014|accessdate=13 October 2014}} Initially Ahrar ash-Sham was also excluded, however the group did join the alliance in mid August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=56581|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910091744/http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=56581|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2014|title=Syria's Ahrar al-Sham Leadership Wiped Out in Bombing|work=Carnegie Endowment of International Peace|date=9 September 2014|accessdate=13 October 2014}} The group announced its charter on 4 October 2014.{{cite web |last=Lund |first=Aaron |date=1 December 2014 |title=Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center |url=https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/57350 |accessdate=19 April 2024 }} It held its first formal meeting in Gaziantep, Turkey on 29 November 2014.