The 2nd Corps () was 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."Richard M. Bennett, The Syrian Military: A Primer, Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, August/September 2001. He said that the 2nd Corps with HQ in Zabadani, covered north of Damascus, whole Homs and included Lebanon. In November 2019, Major General Abdul Majeed Ibrahim was appointed as commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Syrian Arab Army.
Structure in 2001 1st Armored Division, with the 44th and 46th Armored Brigades and the 42nd Mechanized Brigade 3rd Armored Division, with the 47th and 82nd Armored Brigades and the 132nd Mechanized Brigade 11th Armored Division, with the 60th and 67th Armored Brigades and the 87th Mechanized Brigade 4th Mechanized Division with the 1st Armored Brigade and the 61st and 89th Mechanized Brigades 10th Mechanized Division, headquartered in Shtoura, Lebanon. Its main units [were in 2001] deployed to control the strategic Beirut-Damascus highway with the 123rd Mechanized Brigade near Yanta, the 51st Armored Brigade near Zahle in the Beqaa Valley and the 85th Armored Brigade, deployed around the complex of positions at Dahr al-Baidar. three other heavy brigades from the 3rd and 11th Armored Divisions [were] known to be regularly deployed to eastern Lebanon. there [were] five special forces regiments in the Lebanon.
Structure in 2013 Source: 1st Armored Division 76th, 91st and 153rd Armored Brigades 58th Mechanized Brigade 141st Artillery Regiment 10th Mechanized Division 18th, 62nd and 85th Mechanized Brigades 56th Armored Brigade 14th Special Forces Division 36th, 554th and 556th Special Forces Regiments
Structure in 2019 Source:
1st Armored Division 61st, 91st and 153rd Armored Brigades 57th, 58th and 68th Mechanized Brigades 171st Infantry Brigade 165th Artillery Brigade#Russia|n officers training SAA students on ATGM at the 165th Artillery Brigade base south of Kisweh 141st Artillery Regiment 167th Anti-tank Regiment 2nd Armored Division (formed in 2015) 144th and 145th Armored Brigades 73rd Infantry Brigadeشُيّع من المشفى العسكري في طرطوس منذ قليل الشهيد النقيب شرف جعفر عماد فاضل من مرتبات الفرقة الثانية (B73 - مشاة) في الجيش العربي 48th and 53rd Special Forces Regiments82nd Battalion of the 53rd SF Regiment (originally part of Special Forces Command now in 2nd Div) 826th Coastal Regiment 10th Mechanized Division 18th and 62nd Mechanized Brigades 51st and 58th Armored BrigadesJoseph Holliday, 'The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency to Civil War,' Institute for the Study of War, March 2013. Seemingly the best concise description and analysis of the Syrian Army and its involvement in the current Syrian Civil War. 122nd Artillery Regiment 14th Special Forces Division 36th, 554th and 556th Special Forces Regiments
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