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2nd Corps (Syria)
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The 2nd Corps (Arabic: الفيلق الثاني) 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."[4] 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.[5]
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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.
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Structure in 2013
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- 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
- 1st Armored Division
- 2nd Armored Division (formed in 2015)[6]
- 10th Mechanized Division
14th Special Forces Division[15]
- 36th, 554th and 556th Special Forces Regiments
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