The 3rd 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."[1] The 3rd Corps HQ was in Aleppo, based in the north and covered Hama, the Turkish and Iraqi borders, the Mediterranean coastline and was tasked with protecting the complex of chemical and biological warfare and missile production and launch facilities.[2]
Structure in 2001
- 2nd Reserve Armored Division
- 14th and 15th Armored Brigades
- 19th Mechanized Brigade
- Coastal Defense Brigade
- Other units under the control of this corps included four independent infantry brigades, one border guard brigade, one independent armored regiment, effectively a brigade group, and one special forces regiment.
Structure in 2013
- 3rd Armored Division
11th Armored Division
17th Division (HQ Deir ez-Zor)
- 137th Mechanized Brigade
- 93rd Armoured Brigade[4]
- 18th Armoured Division (HQ Aleppo)[5]
- 131st, 134th and 167th Armoured Brigades
- 120th Mechanized Brigade
- 64th Artillery Regiment
Structure in 2019
- 3rd Armored Division
- 65th and 81st Armored Brigades
- 21st Mechanized Brigade
- 67th and 155th Artillery Regiments[3]
- 8th Armored Division (formed in 2015)[6]
- 33rd and 47th[7] Armored Brigades
- 45th Mechanized Brigade
- 45th Artillery Regiment
- 11th Armored Division[8]
- 17th Division (HQ Deir ez-Zor)
- 18th Armoured Division (HQ Aleppo)[5]
- 131st, 134th and 167th Armoured Brigades
- 120th Mechanized Brigade
- 64th Artillery Regiment
Syrian Border Guard Forces[11]
- 5th Regiment (Hasakah pocket)
- 6th Regiment (Southern Homs)
- 8th Regiment (Jordan-Syria border)
- 10th Regiment (Iraq-Syria border)
- 11th Regiment (Latakia)
- 12th Regiment (Manbij and Ayn al-Arab)
- Unknown (likely Lebanon-Syria border)
References
- ↑ Richard M. Bennett, The Syrian Military: A Primer, Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, August/September 2001.
- 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.
- 1 2 3 4 Cooper 2015, p. 18.
- 1 2 3 Gregory Waters (20 November 2019). "Return to the northeast: Syrian Army deployments against Turkish forces". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- 1 2 Cooper 2015, p. 13, 18-19.
- ↑ Understanding Syria’s Military Deployments in Idlib
- ↑ Leith Fadel (22 March 2017). "Syrian Army reinforcements arrive to northern Hama to fend off jihadist offensive". al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ↑ "Syria's Nusra seizes tanks, APCs from Assad's army". Middle East Eye. December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Syrian commandos begin long campaign to Jisr Al-Shughour". 20 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-30. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ↑ "Return to the northeast: Syrian Army deployments against Turkish forces". Middle East Institute.
- ↑ Gregory Waters. "Syria's Border Guards: From Auxiliary to Frontlines". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
Notes
- Cooper, Tom (2015). Syrian Conflagration: The Civil War 2011–2013. Middle East@War Volume 1. Helion & Co. ISBN 978-1-910294-10-9.
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