Harmoush first attracted international attention last June , when he made an online video calling on other Syrian soldiers to desert and join an anti-government group he labeled the `` Free Syrian Army . '' Harmoush was the self - proclaimed leader of a group of mutinous soldiers against the Syrian government . He was last seen in September on Syrian television . In that appearance he recanted his support for the opposition . His wife said she does not know if she is a wife or a mother .
Harmoush was the self - proclaimed leader of a group of mutinous soldiers against the Syrian government . He was last seen in September on Syrian television . In that appearance he recanted his support for the opposition . His wife said she does not know if she is a wife or a mother .