Executive Summary Introduction When Syria’s popular protests sparked in 2011, the Syrian regime quickly used the military to suppress demonstrations initially and then confront the armed opposition fighters. This prolonged the military conflict and directly impacted the human resources of…
Over the past two years, the various battlefields of Syria, Libya and Armenia were a key stage for Russian weapons and especially Russian air defence systems to demonstrate their effectiveness. Despite the Russian claims asserting the effectiveness of Russian weapons, especially Russian…
Almost four years ago, on January 1, 2018, the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, issued Decree No. 1 of 2018, which stipulates a government amendment that includes the Ministers of Defense, Industry and Information, and as a result…
Although 40 years have passed since the recruitment of women into the Syrian Arab Army, the process has not progressed significantly, and remains in the realm of the ruling regime’s need, as a national justification rather than a national need.
The Syrian armed forces deployment strategy matches an emerging strategic threat and makes a return to the barracks unlikely.
The Syrian military’s efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have not greatly affected its operations.
In recent years Syria’s military has been characterized by an unprecedented degree of sectarianism.
Executive Summary The following table shows the sectarian and territorial distribution of the most powerful forty positions in the Syrian army nowadays. The table also contains the names and regions of those high ranking officers including the Commander in Chief,…
Changes to Syria’s conscription law will prevent the repairing of relations between the armed forces and civilians.
