Evolution of the Syrian Military: Main Trends and Challenges

... Iranian army forces, Afghani Shiite Liwa Fatimiyoun and Pakistani Liwa Zeinabiyoun. As a result, it also created over-reliance on Iran and allowed Tehran to establish rigid military presence in Syria (in more details further in the text). Fragmentation of ... ... contribute to the erosion of the country’s central military command. Such situation did lead to further fragmentation of the Syrian Arab Army and the state losing its monopoly on using the force. As a matter of fact, from the very beginning, the Syrian ...