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 ... ... in conjunction with units of the 14th and 15th Special Forces Divisions, thus providing armoured support to them . Lebanese Hezbollah detachments were subsequently used as an infantry component of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division on a regular basis....