The 2nd Corps is a corps of the Syrian Army that was first formed in 1985. Richard Bennett wrote in 2001 that "three corps [were] formed in 1985 to give the Army more flexibility and to improve combat efficiency by decentralising the command structure, absorbing at least some of the lessons learned during the 1982 Lebanon War."[1] He said that the 2nd Corps with HQ in Zabadani, covered north of Damascus, whole Homs and included Lebanon.

Structure in 2001

  • 1st Armored Division, with the 44th and 46th Armored Brigades and the 42nd Mechanized Brigade
  • 3rd Armored Division, with the 47th and 82nd Armored Brigades and the 132nd Mechanized Brigade
  • 11th Armored Division, with the 60th and 67th Armored Brigades and the 87th Mechanized Brigade
  • 4th Mechanized Division with the 1st Armored Brigade and the 61st and 89th Mechanized Brigades
  • 10th Mechanized Division, headquartered in Shtoura, Lebanon. Its main units [were in 2001] deployed to control the strategic Beirut-Damascus highway with the 123rd Mechanized Brigade near Yanta, the 51st Armored Brigade near Zahle in the Beqaa Valley and the 85th Armored Brigade, deployed around the complex of positions at Dahr al-Baidar.
  • three other heavy brigades from the 3rd and 11th Armored Divisions [were] known to be regularly deployed to eastern Lebanon.
  • there [were] five special forces regiments in the Lebanon.

Structure in 2013

Source:[2]

Structure in 2019

Source:[2]

  • 1st Armored Division
    • 61st, 91st and 153rd Armored Brigades
    • 57th, 58th and 68th Mechanized Brigades[3]
    • 171st Infantry Brigade
    • 141st Artillery Regiment
    • 167th Anti-Tank Regiment
  • 2nd Armored Division (formed in 2015)[2]
    • 144th and 145th Armored Brigades[3]
    • 826th Coastal Regiment[3]
    • 218th and 510th Engineering Battallions
  • 10th Mechanized Division
    • 62nd Mechanized Brigade
    • 51st and 58th Armored Brigades[4]
  • 14th Special Forces Division[5]
    • 36th, 554th and 556th Special Forces Regiments

References

  1. ↑ Richard M. Bennett, The Syrian Military: A Primer, Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, August/September 2001.
  2. 1 2 3 Gregory Waters (18 July 2019). "The Lion and The Eagle: The Syrian Arab Army's Destruction and Rebirth". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Gregory Waters. "Current Syrian Army Deployments". International Review. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Joseph Holliday, 'The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency to Civil War,' Institute for the Study of War, March 2013. Seemingly the best concise description and analysis of the Syrian Army and its involvement in the current Syrian Civil War.
  5. ↑ "Confirmed: Syrian Army's full order of battle for east Damascus offensive". Al-Masdar News. 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2018.


Notes

  • Cooper, Tom (2015). Syrian Conflagration: The Civil War 2011–2013. Middle East@War Volume 1. Helion & Co. ISBN 978-1-910294-10-9.
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