who is the fsa
The Free Syrian Army (Arabic: Ø§ÙØ¬ÙØ´ Ø§ÙØ³ÙØ±Ù Ø§ÙØ­Ø±ââ, al-Jaysh as-SÅ«rÄ« al-á¸¤urr; abbreviated FSA) is a faction in the Syrian Civil War. It was founded on 29 July 2011 by officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces who said their goal was to bring down the government of Bashar al-Assad.