Syrian Arab Army

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army land warfare branch military organization

The Syrian Arab Army is the land warfare branch of Syria's armed forces and a central instrument of the country's military and political power.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Syrian Arab Army canonical	29
Syrian Armed Forces	3
Syrian Army	3
Syrian army	3
Syrian Arab Army artillery units	1
Syrian Arab Army positions	1
Syrian Army units	1
Syrian armored forces	1
Syrian security forces	1
الجيش العربي السوري	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ land warfare branch ⓘ military organization ⓘ
allegiance	Syrian government ⓘ surface form: Ba'athist regime in Syria Syrian government ⓘ
alliedWith	Hezbollah ⓘ Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ surface form: Iranian Armed Forces Russian Armed Forces ⓘ
commanderInChief	President of Syria ⓘ
commanderTitle	Chief of the General Staff ⓘ Commander-in-Chief ⓘ Minister of Defense ⓘ
conscription	yes ⓘ
conscriptionTerm	approximately 18 months ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
doctrineInfluence	Russian military doctrine ⓘ Soviet military doctrine ⓘ
foundingDate	1945 ⓘ
garrison	Damascus Governorate ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Damascus ⓘ
historicalPredecessor	Syrian Legion ⓘ
ideology	Arab socialism ⓘ surface form: Ba'athism
involvedInConflict	Arab–Israeli War of 1948 ⓘ surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War 1982 Lebanon War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Lebanese Civil War ⓘ Six-Day War ⓘ Syrian Civil War ⓘ Syrian occupation of Lebanon ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ intervention against ISIS in Syria ⓘ
nativeName	Syrian Arab Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: الجيش العربي السوري
origin	Army of the French Mandate of Syria ⓘ
partOf	Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
primaryOpponentInSyrianCivilWar	Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ surface form: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Syrian opposition ⓘ surface form: Syrian opposition armed groups
role	internal security support ⓘ land warfare ⓘ regime protection force ⓘ
shortName	SAA ⓘ
significantEvent	mass defections during early years of Syrian Civil War ⓘ
subUnit	4th Armoured Division ⓘ Republican Guard ⓘ Special Forces units ⓘ armoured divisions ⓘ infantry divisions ⓘ mechanized divisions ⓘ
typeOfEquipment	air defense systems ⓘ armored fighting vehicles ⓘ artillery ⓘ small arms ⓘ tanks ⓘ
usesEquipmentFrom	China ⓘ Iran ⓘ Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black September conflict → hasParticipant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Lebanese Civil War → hasParticipant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Armed Forces

Syrian–Israeli disengagement agreement on the Golan Heights → conflictParty → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Armed Forces

Muawiya I → commanded → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian army

Sturmgewehr 44 → usedBy → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Armed Forces

StuG III assault gun → operator → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

subject surface form: StuG III

this entity surface form: Syrian Army

Deir ez-Zor → hasMilitaryBase → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Arab Army positions

T-34 medium tank → usedBy → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Army

Syrian Arab Army → nativeName → Syrian Arab Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: الجيش العربي السوري

Syrian government → controls → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Syrian opposition → conflictWith → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Free Syrian Army → opposedBy → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Battle of Aleppo → belligerent → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

fall of Eastern Ghouta → combatant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement → involvesOrganization → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Siege of Homs → combatant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Idlib offensive → belligerent → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Progressive Socialist Party militia → alliedWith → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Army

War of Liberation (1989–1990) → belligerent → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Hundred Days War → mainBelligerent → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Hundred Days War → involvedForce → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Arab Army artillery units

Hundred Days War → conflictSide → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Mustafa Tlass → militaryBranch → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Siege of Beirut → involves → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Army units

Corrective Movement coup of November 1970 → participant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Hama massacre of 1982 → participant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian security forces

Hama massacre of 1982 → perpetrator → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Syrian security and intelligence apparatus → recruitsFrom → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Maher al-Assad → serviceBranch → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

northern Syria → hasMilitaryPresenceOf → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Syria

Eastern Syria → controlledByAtVariousTimes → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Battle of Sultan Yacoub → belligerent → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Battle of Sultan Yacoub → combatant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Battle of Sultan Yacoub → involves → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian armored forces

Battle of Sultan Yacoub → opponent → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Siege of Mecca (683) → hasParticipant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian army

Siege of Mecca (683) → attacker → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian army

T-62 tank → usedBy → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

subject surface form: T-62

al-Assad → associatedWithInstitution → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) → combatant → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) → opponent → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Syrian Armed Forces → hasBranch → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ

Tabqa military airbase → usedBy → Syrian Arab Army ⓘ