The Syrian Armed Forces Seven Years into the Conflict: From a Regular Army to Volunteer Corps

... 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... ... 15th Special Forces Divisions, thus providing armoured support to them . Lebanese Hezbollah detachments were subsequently used as an infantry component of the 4th Mechanized... ... Asaib Ahl al-Haq . Units that are directly subordinated to the Iranian command of Al-Quds also operate in Syria. These include, in particular, the Fatemiyoun Division...