| Saber Safar | |
| Native Name: | صابر صفر فارس |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Birth Place: | Abtaa, Syria |
| Allegiance: | (until 2013) Syrian opposition (2013–present) |
| Branch: | Syrian Arab Air Force [1] Free Syrian Army |
| Rank: | Colonel |
| Unit: | 2nd Air Force Battalion First Army[2] |
| Commands: | Commander-in-chief of the 1st Army |
| Battles: | Syrian civil war |
Saber Safar Fares (Arabic: صابر صفر فارس) is a Free Syrian Army colonel, who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces to the FSA in 2013. He was the founder and commander of the Hamza Division[2] and also holds the position of overall commander in the First Army of the Southern Front since 1 January 2015.[3] As of late 2015, he was reportedly the highest ranking FSA officer in southern Syria.[1]
In August 2015, Saber Safar survived an assassination attempt in the 1st Army headquarters in the town of Abtaa.[4]