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This question was raised by incidents that are not appropriate to raise this question. A sudden storm on Idlib from Turkey for example has nothing to do with the strength of the Syrian military. We all hope, that President Assad will remain in office and the jihadi terrorists will get 80 years old virgins with big rolling pins.
While some eager drooling pseudo-journalists and terror cheerleaders are talking about a collapsing of the army, the world knows, that this is not the case, as the army resists the terrorists although the times became harder during the past months.
However, it is hard to estimate the number of soldiers fighting in the Syrian army and the losses they suffered.
SOHR says that of the 220.000 thousands people killed in the war, 40.000 were Syrian soldiers. SOHR estimates that the frontline personnel numbers 200.000. Other estimations shunt between 178.000 and 220.000. Of this number, 110.000 belong to the army. However, the same figure applies for 2013 according to globalsecurity. The rest is the airforce. The personnel of the reserve is estimated at 570.000.
In addition to the army, other forces that fight alongside the army number 80.000 - 100.000. (Some sources include those fighters in the number above, some don´t. It is very probably an addition.)
Syrian Armed Forces - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Syria Military Strength
The number of tanks in 2015 is estimated at 4850 of which 1600 are T-72. If correct, the army has received some tanks from Russia during the war. In addition, there are some thousands of IFV and APC among others.
Syria - Army Equipment
The number of Mig 21 and 23 may be around 300, who knows.
Syrian Arab Air Force - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Statements:
Late 2014:
“Defections, desertions and attrition after three years of civil war saw Syria’s total manpower decline from a high of 325,000 in 2011 to 295,000 in 2012 to an estimated 178,000 in 2013 and 2014,” he told AFP.
But the remaining “100,000 to 150,000 loyal troops tested in battle over more than two years of fighting are arguably more lethal than a 300,000-strong Syrian military in 2010, complacent after some 30 years of sitting idle.”
An official source in the army, meanwhile, played down the need for reinforcements, insisting losses in personnel and materiel were being quickly replaced. “The power of the army has increased qualitatively and quantitatively,” he said.
“For the near to mid-term future, Assad is very unlikely to be able to destroy the insurgency and retake all the areas now controlled by rebels,” according to Stephen Biddle, a defense policy expert at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations.
“Wars of this kind typically last seven to 10 years, and some last a generation or more.”
Syria army adapts to guerrilla war News Middle East THE DAILY STAR
2015:
Weakened by years of war, Syria's government appears ready for the country's de facto partition, defending strategically important areas and leaving much of the country to rebels and jihadists, experts and diplomats say.
The strategy was in evidence last week with the army's retreat from the ancient central city of Palmyra after an advance by the Islamic State group.
"It is quite understandable that the Syrian army withdraws to protect large cities where much of the population is located," said Waddah Abded Rabbo, director of Syria's Al-Watan newspaper, which is close to the regime.
"On the surface, the regime appears to have accepted that it must secure, hold and defend its core area of control ... with its current mix of forces," he said.
People close to the regime talk about a government retreat to "useful Syria."
But the new strategy does not indicate regime collapse, and could even work in its favor, Nerguizian said.
"Militarily, the regime probably still has the means to hold the southeastern half of the country long-term, but further losses could weaken it from within."
Syria Regime To Accept De Facto Partition of Country
While some eager drooling pseudo-journalists and terror cheerleaders are talking about a collapsing of the army, the world knows, that this is not the case, as the army resists the terrorists although the times became harder during the past months.
However, it is hard to estimate the number of soldiers fighting in the Syrian army and the losses they suffered.
SOHR says that of the 220.000 thousands people killed in the war, 40.000 were Syrian soldiers. SOHR estimates that the frontline personnel numbers 200.000. Other estimations shunt between 178.000 and 220.000. Of this number, 110.000 belong to the army. However, the same figure applies for 2013 according to globalsecurity. The rest is the airforce. The personnel of the reserve is estimated at 570.000.
In addition to the army, other forces that fight alongside the army number 80.000 - 100.000. (Some sources include those fighters in the number above, some don´t. It is very probably an addition.)
Syrian Armed Forces - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Syria Military Strength
The number of tanks in 2015 is estimated at 4850 of which 1600 are T-72. If correct, the army has received some tanks from Russia during the war. In addition, there are some thousands of IFV and APC among others.
Syria - Army Equipment
The number of Mig 21 and 23 may be around 300, who knows.
Syrian Arab Air Force - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Statements:
Late 2014:
“Defections, desertions and attrition after three years of civil war saw Syria’s total manpower decline from a high of 325,000 in 2011 to 295,000 in 2012 to an estimated 178,000 in 2013 and 2014,” he told AFP.
But the remaining “100,000 to 150,000 loyal troops tested in battle over more than two years of fighting are arguably more lethal than a 300,000-strong Syrian military in 2010, complacent after some 30 years of sitting idle.”
An official source in the army, meanwhile, played down the need for reinforcements, insisting losses in personnel and materiel were being quickly replaced. “The power of the army has increased qualitatively and quantitatively,” he said.
“For the near to mid-term future, Assad is very unlikely to be able to destroy the insurgency and retake all the areas now controlled by rebels,” according to Stephen Biddle, a defense policy expert at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations.
“Wars of this kind typically last seven to 10 years, and some last a generation or more.”
Syria army adapts to guerrilla war News Middle East THE DAILY STAR
2015:
Weakened by years of war, Syria's government appears ready for the country's de facto partition, defending strategically important areas and leaving much of the country to rebels and jihadists, experts and diplomats say.
The strategy was in evidence last week with the army's retreat from the ancient central city of Palmyra after an advance by the Islamic State group.
"It is quite understandable that the Syrian army withdraws to protect large cities where much of the population is located," said Waddah Abded Rabbo, director of Syria's Al-Watan newspaper, which is close to the regime.
"On the surface, the regime appears to have accepted that it must secure, hold and defend its core area of control ... with its current mix of forces," he said.
People close to the regime talk about a government retreat to "useful Syria."
But the new strategy does not indicate regime collapse, and could even work in its favor, Nerguizian said.
"Militarily, the regime probably still has the means to hold the southeastern half of the country long-term, but further losses could weaken it from within."
Syria Regime To Accept De Facto Partition of Country
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