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The Syrian Armed Forces fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War (against Israel) and were involved in a number of military coups. Between 1948 and 1967 a series of coups destroyed the stability of the government and any remaining professionalism within the armed forces. [21]
The Syrian Arab Army (SyAA or SAA) [a] was the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. [5] It was the dominant military service of the four uniformed services, controlling the most senior posts in the armed forces, and had the greatest manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services.
The Syrian National Army (SNA; [28] Arabic: الجيش الوطني السوري, romanized: al-Jayš al-Waṭanī as-Sūrī), previously the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and also known as the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA), [29] [30] [31] is a coalition of armed Syrian opposition groups that participates in the Syrian civil war.
The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF or SAAF; Arabic: الْقُوَّاتُ الْجَوِّيَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Jawwīyah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah) was the air force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. It was established in 1948.
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition groups called the Military Operations Command [40] led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups [41] [42] [43] in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria.
This is an inventory of military equipment of the Syrian Arab Army. [1] The organization and military doctrine of the Syrian Armed Forces followed a mix of French and Western influences as the Soviet Union closely guarded its operational principles and never shared them with client states.
Two captured from the Syrian Armed Forces and used by Jaysh al-Islam and Jaysh al-Ahrar. Man-portable air-defense systems FN-6 [100] 72 mm: Man-portable air-defense system People's Republic of China: Supplied by Qatar. [101] 9K32 Strela-2 [102] 72 mm: Man-portable air-defense system Soviet Union: Designated SA-7 Grail by NATO. 9K310 Igla-1 [103 ...
A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the Syrian civil war (2011–present) as belligerents.The main groups are the Syrian Arab Republic and allies, the Syrian opposition and allies, Al-Qaeda and affiliates, Islamic State, and the originally mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces.