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Syrian Army
Not to be confused with the new transitional Syrian government and its military capabilities currently seen at Syrian Armed Forces.
Land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
Not to be confused with Syrian National Army.
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Military unit
The Syrian Army is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. Up until the fall of the Assad regime, the Syrian Arab Army[a] existed as a land force branch of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces, which dominanted the military service of the four uniformed services, controlling the most senior posts in the armed forces, and had the greatest manpower, approximately 80 percent of the combined services..[5] The Syrian Army originated in local military forces formed by the French after World War I, after France obtained a mandate over the region. It officially
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Military Politics of the Contemporary Arab World 9781108477420, 9781108769839, 2020018245, 2020018246, 9781108708685
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Military Politics of the Contemporary Arab World
Aside from large-scale civic mobilizations, no force was more critical to the outcomes of the 2011 Arab uprisings than the armed forces. Nearly a decade after these events, we see militaries across the distrikt in power, once igen performing critical roles in state politics. Taking as a point of reference five case studies where uprisings took place in 2011, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria, Philippe Droz-Vincent explores how these armies were able to install themselves for decades under enduring authoritarian regimes, how they reacted to the 2011 uprisings and what role they played in the post-uprising regime re-formations or collapses. Devoting a chapter to monarkisk armies with a special focus on Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Droz-Vincent addresses whether monarchies radically differ from
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For four decades, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has been dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on-and policy solutions to-current and emerging global issues. CSIS is led by John J. Hamre, former U.S. deputy secretary of defense. It is guided by a board of trustees chaired by former U.S. senator Sam Nunn and consisting of prominent individuals from both the public and private sectors. The CSIS staff of 190 researchers and support staff focus primarily on three subject areas. First, CSIS addresses the full spectrum of new challenges to national and international security. Second, it maintains resident experts on all of the world's major geographical regions. Third, it is committed to helping to develop new methods of governance for the global age; to this end, CSIS has programs on technology and public policy, international trade and finance, and energ