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Situation report 17 May 2016

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Free Syrian Army Southern Front Martyr Ahmed Al-Abdo Forces... Badia Sector Number /41/ 2016/5/17 Date In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful Administrative order Based on the seriousness of the stage that the Syrian revolution is going through, from the dispersion and fragmentation of the factions and the rest of the unity of the ranks and the recommendations of the Southern Front, and in view of the painful reality that the opposition factions are going through and the existing state of ego, and in accordance with the upcoming critical requirements and the rest of the continuation of military work in order to achieve the goals of the revolution for which the Syrian people paid the price and to restructure the forces according to what the public interest requires Colonel Bakour Al-Saleem, Commander of Unit 360, orders the following: All the previous names are given to all the battalions, especially in the cities and villages, and all the factions in the cities and villages are merged, and a battalion called the Local Defense Battalion is formed, which includes all the elements working in the cities and which originally belong to the Martyr 10 Ahmed Al-Abdo Forces. All leaders shall abide by the contents of this order from the date of its issuance. All names of leaders and elements are included in the structure sent by the forces command. No statements or declarations shall be issued by any person. The sector commander (battalion) shall be exclusively responsible for issuing any statement or declaration, and approval shall be obtained from the forces’ command to issue any statement or declaration. The sector commander is the direct official in each city or village and is the link between the battalion and the forces command. The local defense battalion in each city or village is given a three-digit number that is the call sign of the city or village. Troop Commander education Al-Rukn Bakur Al-Salim

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