forces of the Syrian Arab Republic. They consist of the Syrian Army, Syrian Air Force, Syrian Navy, Syrian Air Defense Force, and paramilitary forces...

and Iran, the Syrian Arab Armed Forces were rebuilt and united most of the armed militias. The Syrian Armed Forces are made up of the Syrian Arab Army (includes...

Hezbollah, the Syrian Armed Forces and the Lebanese Army launched a military operation against ISIS and Tahrir al-Sham positions on the Lebanon–Syria border....

the Syrian Armed Forces. It is the dominant military service of the four uniformed services, controlling the most senior posts in the armed forces, and...

is directly trained by the Lebanese Hezbollah, the IRGC, and the Syrian Armed Forces. The group has fighters deployed in Damascus, Aleppo, Daraa, and...

the Syrian opposition's Free Syrian Army. The primary opponents of the SDF are the various Islamist, Syrian nationalist, and pro-Turkish forces involved...

invested in providing Assad with diplomatic cover and propping up the Syrian Armed Forces with billions of dollars of arms and equipment. In December 2017...

the Syrian Armed Forces. The main role of the Syrian Navy is to defend the country's coasts and ensure the security of the territorial waters of Syria. The...

groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces. The officers...

fought by several factions. The Syrian Arab Armed Forces, alongside its domestic and foreign allies, represent the Syrian Arab Republic and Assad government...