How the Syrian regime army became a shadow of itself
There is a deep misconception that the Syrian regime’s army is the largest military force involved in the Syrian civil war under Assad control. Reality however, is much more fragmented.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense itself states that nearly 185,000 military personnel and reservists were left disabled due to the protracted conflict. or militias to fill in the gap. But this would only further fragment the regime’s military command, as most private militias operated independently. But well before the Syrian civil war it lost a significant amount of tanks in wars, or gave them way.
Historically, not one of its 20 divisions has ever been able to field more than one-third of its actual strength. The divisions were in truth smaller brigades, numbering 2,000 to 4,000; and only further crippled by mass defections and combat deaths.the psychology behind mass desertions.
But that was only the beginning. The regime would go on to authorize Alawite businessmen to build their own militias which offered better pay and gear, while effectively targeting demographics looking for better alternatives to the traditional regime force.Syria’s actual military would be reorganized again when Russia started its military intervention in 2015.
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