... contribute to the erosion of the country’s central military command. Such situation did lead to further fragmentation of the Syrian Arab Army and the state losing its monopoly on using the force.
As a matter of fact, from the very beginning, the Syrian ... ... militia and armed groups operating in Latakia and was under direct command of the SAA. Later in 2016, Russia created and trained 5th Corps which unites different NDF groups and former Syrian army defectors who decided to realign. In 2015, Russian military ...
... Iraqi leadership is attempting to solve this very same problem at home, having
initiated a procedure to integrate
soldiers of the militia group “Khashd ash-Shaabi” into the country’s armed forces. The experience gained during the creation of the 5th Corps, as well as its predecessor (the 4th Corps) can be used to help integrate certain paramilitary structures into the Syrian Arab Army and the Ministry of Interior.
It is also possible at the initial stage to revive the three corps of the Syrian Arab Army that formally existed before, turning them into territorial commands. All the regular and paramilitary units could ...
... of the war were manning the SAA, the absence of mobile forces and light infantry capable of quickly plugging in holes in the 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 units that were loyal to him to the conditions of the conflict within the country, a conflict for which they were wholly unprepared....
