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One of the most common weapons used in the Syrian Civil War. Type 56. 7.62×39mm. Assault rifle. People's Republic of China. Chinese variant of the Russian AK-47 and AKM. The Type-56 has been seen in use by various rebel groups. The Type-56-1 and Type-56-2 are also seen. Zastava M70 [21]
At the direction of US President Barack Obama, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was put in charge of operations worth about $1 billion annually to arm anti-government forces in Syria, [191][192][193][194] an operation which formally began in 2013, more than two years after the start of the civil war in 2011.
7.62×39mm M43. 30-round magazine. With the arrival of Russian military advisors in late 2015, some Syrian army and police units were equipped with AK-104s attached telescopic sights. [24] AK-105. Russia. 5.45×39mm.
Jet trainer / Ground-attack aircraft. 3 (2 operational, as of 2014)[59] Czechoslovakia. Originally four. Captured by Jaysh al-Islam at the Jirah airfield on 12 February 2013. One was subsequently destroyed during a SAAF bombing. [60] Two were repaired to airworthiness and shown taxiing during a propaganda video released by Jaysh al-Islam. [61]
The Revolutionary Commando Army is a rebel group trained and supplied by the U.S. military in the program.. The Syrian Train and Equip Program is a United States-led military operation launched in 2014 that identified and trained selected Syrian opposition forces inside Syria as well as in Turkey and other US-allied states who would then return to Syria to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and ...
Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) is the United States military's operational name for the international war against the Islamic State (IS or ISIL), [100] including both a campaign in Iraq and a campaign in Syria, with a closely related campaign in Libya.
Weapons transfers have also taken place between the Syrian Government and the YPG on a small scale, such as at Tel Rifaat. The YPG has received weapons and equipment from the United States in the form of small arms, ammunition, armored vehicles, and medical support, with a large boost delivered for the Raqqa offensive .
A Syrian military policeman standing guard as his unit prepares for the arrival of a visiting dignitary during the Gulf War. The breakup of the Soviet Union — long the principal source of training, material, and credit for the Syrian forces – may have slowed Syria's ability to acquire modern military equipment. It has an arsenal of surface ...