A conference was held in Turkey to unify the military wing of the Syrian opposition, which includes more than 550 members of the Syrian military and revolutionary council commands, as well as brigade and battalion commands. A total of 261 representatives were selected from among these groups to form the Revolutionary Force Authority. Thirty members, including six members of each of the fronts (eleven officers and nineteen civil revolutionaries), were elected to form the Supreme Military Council. Two deputies from each of the five fronts were elected to serve under the commander-in-chief of the Supreme Military Council, including five military and five civilian deputies. Each front consists of five branches, five departments under the commander-in-chief and a revolutionary military council in each governorate. The commander-in-chief was elected by the Supreme Military Council Command. The rights and duties of the Council are as follows:
- The Supreme Military Council Command is considered the highest military authority in the Syrian Arab Republic.
- The minister of defense is the head of the Supreme Military Council Command.
- Appointing the commander-in-chief. The Council has the right to accept his resignation or remove him in the event of incompetence. The latter requires a two-thirds majority vote in favor.
- Nominating five names for the minister of defense and five for the minister of interior. The prime minister makes the final selection from these options.
- Appointing a legal committee tasked with appointing members of the joint revolutionary military force authority.
- Establishing the military strategy and policies aimed at toppling the regime.
- Overseeing the distribution of weapons and funds to the five fronts.
- Tasking the central command with preparing plans for military operations, and overseeing their execution.
- Overseeing the work of the central command and all forces under it.
- Protecting the revolution, national assets, and the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic.
- Maintaining and protecting the internal security of the country by overseeing all revolutionary intelligence and security bodies.
- Protecting the assets and properties of the Syrian people.
- Accepting or rejecting the resignation of any member of the Supreme Military Council Command and replacing them as needed.
- Mandating and amending internal regulations and administrative and financial systems.
- In consultation with the commander-in-chief, the Council has the right to remove any military member from the Council in the event that dereliction of duty or inefficacy is proven.
- Proposing a military rank, an honorary status or a promotion for an officer to the prime minister for approval (as recommended by the Council).
- This Council is the only authority mandated to form the Syrian Arab army after the fall of the regime.
- The Council is not to allow international trials for any revolutionaries who carried a weapon against the regime. Such cases should be referred to a fair Syrian trial if necessary.
- Air Force Colonel Ziad Haj Obeid
- Lieutenant-Colonel Adnan Mohamed al-Kawkab
- Ragheb Bashir al-Tomaa
- Yilmaz Saeed
- Faraj Hammoud al-Faraj
- Dr. Omar Dada
- Ahmed Issa al-Sheikh
- Moustafa Abdel Karim
- Jamal Khalid al-Marouf
- Colonel Abdel Jabar al-Akidey
- Muhanna Jafaleh
- Ahmed Obeid
- Air Force Colonel Qassem Saad al-Din
- Rami al-Dalati
- Major Abdel Halim Ghanoum
- Iyad Jomaa
- Munzer Ahmed Sarass
- Colonel Abdel Rahman Souwess
- Brigadier Abdel Majeed Dabees
- Major Mazen Qanfiti
- Kamal Hamamy
- Houzifa Moustafa al-Sheiary
- Youssef Mohamed al-Hassan
- Saad al-Din al-Hashimy
- Zahran Aloush
- Khalid Hussein al-Arnous
- Colonel Khalid Mohamed al-Hourani
- Fady Saad al-Assami
- Colonel Abdullah al-Rifai
- Ibrahim al-Toushi
- Colonel Fateh Hassoun / Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for Homs
- Osama Sayeh al-Jounedi / Assistant Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for Homs
- Lieutenant Colonel Mahmoud al-Aboud / Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for the Eastern Region
- Saddam al-Jamel / Assistant Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for the Eastern Region
- Colonel Moustafa Hashim / Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for the Western and Central Region
- Abdel Fattah Aroub / Assistant Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for the Western and Central Region
- Colonel Abdel Basset al-Tawil / Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for the Northern Region
- Abdel Kader al-Saleh / Assistant Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for the Northern Region
- Brigadier Ziad Fahed / Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for the Southern Region
- Bashar Awad al-Zoubie / Assistant Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief for the Southern Region
- Captain Abdullah Bahbouh / Head of Operations
- First Lieutenant Omar Shamsi and Zakaria Taha / Head of Intelligence
- Captain Ekrameh al-Bakour / Head of Supplies and Equipment
- Ahmed Abdel Rahman al-Hamoui / Head of Administrative and Financial Affairs
- Khalid Bakar and Ghannam Saad al-Din / Head of Transitional Justice
- Colonel Ragheb al-Hamed / Head of Operations
- Major Omar Terrad / Head of Intelligence
- Major Osama al-Jasim / Head of Supplies and Equipment
- Lieutenant-Colonel Moustafa Ibrahim / Head of Administrative and Financial Affairs
- Colonel Ahmed Ayed al-Khalif / Head of Transitional Justice
- Brigadier Hussein al-Akeedi / Head of Operations
- Lieutenant-Colonel Aly Zein / Head of Intelligence
- Mohamed Moustafa al-Bakour / Head of Supplies and Equipment
- Colonel Fadel al-Hagy / Head of Administrative and Financial Affairs
- Brigadier Abdel Rahman al-Hassan / Head of Transitional Justice
- Lieutenant-Colonel Majeed al-Sayed Ahmed / Head of Operations
- Major Jawad Saeed / Head of Intelligence
- Major Ahmed Naief al-Hussein / Head of Supplies and Equipment
- Major Mazeed Dahan / Head of Administrative and Financial Affairs
- Mohamed al-Wazir / Head of Transitional Justice
- Major Bassil Salou / Head of Operations
- Manar al-Shami / Head of Supplies and Equipment
- Colonel Maher Nabhan / Head of Administrative and Financial Affairs
- Abdel Razak Freijeh / Head of Transitional Justice
- Colonel Mohamed Awad / Head of Intelligence
- Colonel Abdel Jabar al-Akidey
- Jamal Marouf
- Colonel Ziad Haj Obeid
- Faraj Hammoud al-Faraj
- Houzifa Moustafa al-Sheiary
- Youssef al-Hassan
- Colonel Qassem Saad al-Din
- Major Abdel Halim Ghanoum
- Colonel Abdullah al-Rifai
- Colonel Khalid al-Hourani
- Ahmed Obeid
- Ahmed Issa Abu Issa
- Ragheb al-Tomaa
- Lieutenant-Colonel Adnan al-Kawkab
- Kamal Hamami
- Saad al-Din Hashimy
- Munzer Ahmed Sarass
- Rami al-Dalati
- Khalid al-Arnous
- Fady al-Assami