The appointment of Major General Suhayl Hasan“al-Nimr” to lead the Syrian “Special Forces”: promotion or sidelining?
تعيين «النمر» على رأس «القوات الخاصة» السورية: ترفيع أم تجميد؟
Regarding the mission assigned to “al-Nimr,” researcher assistant specializing in military affairs at the Omran Center for Strategic Studies, Muhsen AlMustafa, considered that al-Hassan “is an officer with the necessary capabilities to rebuild the Special Forces, due to his previous experience in counter-terrorism when he was in Air Force Intelligence and later his experience in transforming the Tiger militia into Division 25.
He is supposed to be the right person to rebuild the Special Forces regiments again, especially since they suffered heavy losses during military operations and were severely depleted.” AlMustafa noted that Division 25 continues to conduct parachute jumps, which is a fundamental training activity for the Special Forces due to the nature of their work.