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#SRO | HISTORY | CHRONOLOGY | The freedom for #Sarmada | #Idlib | #Syria :
- April to december 2011 : protests in the city.
- February 2012 : army fire on protesters in city center.
- March 2012 : first clashes with #FSA locals.
- May 2012 : army withdrew from city (1).

- May 2012 : army transforming city north square, Bab al-Hawa square, into fortress.
- May 24, 2012 : #UNO visited city (under local council control)
(July 19, 2012 : fall of Bab al-Hawa border post to #FSA)
- August 15, 2012 : #FSA take over Bab al-Hawa square : Sarmada is free.

ADD. : Army resisted one month in the Bab al-Hawa square of Sarmada but was forced to withdraw in August 15, 2012 because #Atarib had already fallen (east on the #Aleppo road). This moment is historical as border area between Atarib and #Turkey was under #FSA for first time.

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#SRO - One of the main actions led by nationalist #FSA, in its origins, was the Battle for #Atarib. Another #Syria rebellion historian and searcher, @Endemic22 already cover area and groups fighting there between February 2012 and July 2012 (1).

#SRO - This battle, led by Liwa Diri al-Thawra, and Liwa Shuhada al-Atarib, both are some of oldest N-#Syria #FSA brigades, both merged since this time in other groups, was the best exemple of a strong battle won only by #FSA without islamists or jihadis support (2).

#SRO - First Lieutenant Ahmad al-Faj, a local from #Atarib, was leading both groups in this battle that lasted from March 2012 (first clashes and skirmishes) to July 2012 : fall of the last regime stronghold (a police station turned into fortress) inside town (3).

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