A360SYRIA FIELD FILES
ARCHIVESYRIA / 2016
RESEARCH EXPANSION · REVIEWED 27 OCTOBER 2026

Master Investigative Timeline

Event dates and report dates are displayed separately. Month precision is retained when the day is unknown.

13 events

Leadership · Public statements

Formation dated by faction representative

Event / document date
2013-08 (month)
Report / publication date
2017-02-28
Unverified

Founding account names Bakour al-Salim and Ahmad al-Tamer.

Foreign support · Independent reporting

Bellingcat distinguishes two desert groups

Event / document date
2016-05-18 (day)
Report / publication date
2016-05-18
Independently Reported

FMAA and New Syrian Army are described as separate US/Jordan-backed groups.

Leadership · Internal archive documents

Death announcement for Bakour al-Salim

Event / document date
2016-06-09 (day)
Report / publication date
2016-06-09
Unverified

The announcement attributes his death at dawn on 9 June to an ISIS suicide operation at a faction base in the Syrian Badia. These are source claims; the precise mechanism and time are not independently established here.

Leadership · Internal archive documents

Khaled al-Salim named successor

Event / document date
2016-06-16 (day)
Report / publication date
2016-06-16
Unverified

Appointment claim in supplied statement.

Military operations · Independent reporting

Al-Tanf airstrike discussed in briefing

Event / document date
2016-06-16 (day)
Report / publication date
2016-06-27
Independently Reported

The briefing and a supplied report both concern 16 June attacks at al-Tanf. Agreement on an event does not authenticate the supplied report or independently confirm every casualty or weapons claim.

Military operations · Independent reporting

Border attack and humanitarian consequences

Event / document date
2016-06-21 (day)
Report / publication date
2016-07-01
Independently Reported

External reporting contextualizes the border event. It does not verify faction authorship.

Public statements · Public statements

Faction interview published

Event / document date
2017-02-28 (day)
Report / publication date
2017-02-28
Unverified

Saleh al-Saleh answers online; Tamer is described as supreme commander.

Foreign support · Independent reporting

CIA program wind-down reported

Event / document date
2017-07 (month)
Report / publication date
2017-09-10
Independently Reported

September Reuters account links withdrawal requests to the July decision; exact delivery cutoff for FMAA remains unresolved.

Foreign support · Independent reporting

Withdrawal requests reported

Event / document date
2017-09-10 (day)
Report / publication date
2017-09-10
Independently Reported

Dispatch describes requests toward Jordan and unresolved terms, not a completed withdrawal. Accessible republication is 11 September.

Military operations · Independent reporting

Dumayr evacuation reported

Event / document date
2018-04-19 (day)
Report / publication date
2018-04-19
Independently Reported

Convoy figures combine civilians and fighters from more than one faction.

Military operations · Independent reporting

Final East Qalamoun departures reported

Event / document date
2018-04-23 (day)
Report / publication date
2018-04-23
Independently Reported

Regional evacuation does not establish each member’s subsequent destination.

How evidence is classified
Documented
Authenticated primary material or comparably strong evidence.
Independently Reported
Identifiable published reporting; the underlying event may still depend on attributed or anonymous sources.
Corroborated
Multiple meaningfully independent lines of evidence, not translations or syndicated copies.
Unverified
A supplied document or attributed claim whose underlying truth is not established.
Disputed
Credible sources materially disagree; ordinary changes over time do not qualify.
Research Lead
An unresolved question, not an established relationship.

A visual edge means only its labeled relationship. Placement never implies guilt, financial ownership, coordination or a payment. Syndicated copies and supplied translations are not independent corroboration.