Salim Idris

Selim Idriss (Arabic سلیم ادریس Salīm Idris, born 1957 ) is a former Syrian brigadier general. From December 2012 to February 2014 he was known as chief of staff of the opposition Free Syrian Army ( FSA), the position in Syria is not a de facto command itself.

As part of the military cooperation between Syria and the GDR Idriss studied electrical engineering in Dresden from 1984. He received his doctorate in 1990 at the University of Transportation on the subject Theoretical ( computer-aided ) and experimental investigation of problems of optimum sizing of RF transistor power amplifiers. He was returned to Syria professor at the Military Academy Aleppo and later a general in the regular Syrian army. In July 2012, he deserted during the Syrian civil war with the Free Syrian Army. In December of the same year he became chief of staff of the FSA.

On March 8, 2013 Idriss traveled to Brussels in order to advertise support for the FSA before the European Parliament. He secured Ghassan Hitto that on 18 March 2013 of the opposition Syrian National Coalition for the first Prime Minister of the " liberated areas " of Syria was elected, his support. He also advocated a possible Cabinet of the National Coalition.

In June 2013 he warned the West in an interview with the station al -Arabiya from pushing among the rebel groups and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and the Nusra front, this worked, unlike other groups with the Syrian secret service, the Kurds attempted to engage in fights with other rebels, and also avoided any direct confrontation with the Syrian army. In return, they are likely to control the oil fields in Deir ez- Zor and served from there the territories of the army with oil, making a monthly income of 150 million Syrian liras would arise.

In December 2013, the headquarters of Idriss near the border crossing Bab al - Hawa was stormed by militia of the Islamic Front. Idriss then fled in the Qatari capital Doha. The spokesman for the FSA Khaled Saleh denied the U.S. data and confirmed other reports that there were negotiations with the Islamic Front. The headquarters had been meanwhile attacked by fighters of the ISIL.

On February 16, 2014 Idriss was replaced as commander in chief and replaced by Colonel Abdelilah al -Bashir. The step was justified by an ineffective leadership in recent months.