The Syrian Armed Forces Seven Years into the Conflict: From a Regular Army to Volunteer Corps
... event of a threat arising and carrying out military operations in urban conditions and in areas with difficult terrain. The Syrian Arab Army Ever since civil war broke out in Syria, the Bashar al-Assad regime has carried out measures to adapt the armed ... ... defending so-called “Useful Syria”. It is unlikely that the SAA numbers more than about 70,000 – 80,000 troops at present. Shabiha and the National Defence Forces The regime has not been able to restore full combat-readiness to the SAA due to the fact ...
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