Syrian Civil Defence Forces

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Syrian Civil Defence Forces
Purpose Civil defence
Region served
Syria
Official languages
Syrian Arabic
Volunteers50,000 [1]

The Syrian Civil Defence Forces, also known as Self-Protection Squads, [2] is a civil defence organisation that operates in Syria. [3] It is also known as The People's Army. [4] Directors-General of the organisation have included Brigadier General Abdel-Chani Jamal. [5] The forces are divided into units or squads. [6]

The Syrian Civil Defence Forces have been part of the ICDO (International Civil Defence Organisation) from 1972 onward, [7] when there were around 50,000 volunteers. [1]

They are not connected to, and should not be confused with, the White Helmets / Syria Civil Defence (SCD).

Notes

  1. 1 2 Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (1972). News Review on West Asia.
  2. ↑ "First batch of self-protection squads in Damascus Countryside finishes training". SANA. 13 August 2013.
  3. ↑ BBC. Monitoring Service (1981). Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa.
  4. ↑ Seale, Patrick (January 1990). Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. pp. 158–. ISBN   978-0-520-06976-3.
  5. ↑ ARR: Arab Report and Record. Economic Features, Limited. 1977.
  6. ↑ Beattie, Andrew; Pepper, Timothy (2001). The Rough Guide to Syria. Rough Guides. pp. 2–. ISBN   978-1-85828-718-8.
  7. ↑ "ICDO website". ICDO. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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