2nd Corps (Syria)

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2nd Corps
الفيلق الثاني
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Active1985 – present [1]
CountryFlag of Syria.svg  Syria
AllegianceFlag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces.svg Syrian Armed Forces
BranchFlag of the Syrian Arab Army.svg Syrian Army
Type Corps
Sizeup to 35,000 soldiers [2]
Garrison/HQ Zabadani [2]
Al-Kiswah (1st Division)
Latakia (2nd Division)
Qatana (10th Division)
Damascus (14th Division)
Engagements
Commanders
Current CommanderMaj. Gen. Abdul Majeed Ibrahim [3]
Notable
commanders
Maj. Gen. Talal Makhlouf [4]

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." [5] He said that the 2nd Corps with HQ in Zabadani, covered north of Damascus, whole Homs and included Lebanon. In November 2019, Major General Abdul Majeed Ibrahim was appointed as commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Syrian Arab Army. [3]

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Structure in 2001

Structure in 2013

Source: [6]

Structure in 2019

Source: [6] [7]

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References

  1. Samuel M. Katz, Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars, Osprey Publishing Men-at-Arms 194, 1988, 13.
  2. 1 2 Waters, Gregory (18 July 2019). "The Lion and The Eagle: The Syrian Arab Army's Destruction and Rebirth". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 Muhsen al-Mustafa (9 November 2021). "Chain of Command in the Syrian Military: Formal and Informal Tracks". Omran Center for strategic studies. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. "Major General Talal Makhlouf, Commander of the #Second Corps".
  5. Richard M. Bennett, The Syrian Military: A Primer, Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, August/September 2001.
  6. 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.
  7. @GregoryPWaters (30 November 2018). "1st Div is led by Maj Gen Zuheir al-Assad w/ Chief of Staff Brig Gen Hussein Mahmoud. Administrative branches incl…" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  8. 1 2 3 Gregory Waters (12 May 2020). "Current Syrian Army Deployments". International Review. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. #Russia|n officers training SAA students on ATGM at the 165th Artillery Brigade base south of Kisweh
  10. شُيّع من المشفى العسكري في طرطوس منذ قليل الشهيد النقيب شرف جعفر عماد فاضل من مرتبات الفرقة الثانية (B73 - مشاة) في الجيش العربي
  11. Gregory Waters (8 September 2023). "Brigadier Gandhi Ibrahim has been appointed commander of its 48th Regiment". Twitter. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  12. 82nd Battalion of the 53rd SF Regiment (originally part of Special Forces Command now in 2nd Div)
  13. 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.
  14. Gregory Waters (27 July 2019). "122nd Artillery regiment belongs to the 10th Division". Twitter. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  15. "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.


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