25th Special Mission Forces Division

25th Special Mission Forces Division
25th Special Mission Forces Division
	Logo of the Syrian Special Forces, used by the 25th Special Mission Forces Division
Active	2013–present
Country	Syrian Arab Republic
Allegiance	Syrian Armed Forces
Branch	Syrian Army
Type	Special forces
Role	Air assault; Close-quarters combat; Counter-insurgency; Counter-terrorism; Direct action; Offensive; Special operations; Special reconnaissance; Unconventional warfare; Urban warfare
Size	12,000 (2022)
Garrison/HQ	Aleppo
Nickname(s)	Tiger Forces or Quwwat Al-Nimr (Arabic: قوات النمر)
Tactical color marking
Equipment	AK-74M rifles; T-90 tanks; T-72 tanks; T-55 tanks; Rys LMV tactical vehicle ; Gaz Tigr tactical vehicle
Engagements	List Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo; ; Operation Canopus Star; ; Kuweires offensive (September–November 2015); ; East Aleppo offensive (2015–16); ; 2016 Aleppo campaign; ; Aleppo offensive (September 2016); ; Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016); ; Operation Dawn of Victory; ; Second Battle of the Shaer gas field ; 2014 Hama offensive ; 2015 Northwestern Syria offensive ; Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) ; 2016 Khanasir offensive ; Palmyra offensive (March 2016) ; 2016 Hama offensive ; Palmyra offensive (December 2016) ; Palmyra offensive (2017) ; East Aleppo offensive (January–April 2017) ; 2017 Hama offensive ; Maskanah Plains offensive ; Southern Raqqa offensive (June 2017) ; Central Syria campaign (2017) ; Hama offensive (September 2017) ; 2017 Mayadin offensive ; Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018) ; Operation Damascus Steel ; Operation Dawn of Idlib ; Operation Dawn of Idlib II ; Operation Spring Shield ;
Commanders
Current Commander	Maj. Gen. Saleh Abdullah
Deputy Commander & Chief of Staff	Brig. Gen. Yunis Muhammad
Commander of Assault Troops	Brig. Gen. Yasser Ahmed
Notable; commanders	Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan

The 25th Special Mission Forces Division, mostly known by their former name Tiger Forces or Quwwat al-Nimr (Arabic: قُوَّات النِّمْر), is an elite formation (special forces unit) of the Syrian Arab Army under the charge of the commander Major General Saleh Abdullah.^[4] It was formed in late 2013 and functions primarily as an offensive unit in the Syrian Civil War.^[5] It has been described as a "hot commodity for any government offensive", but their relatively small numbers make it difficult to deploy them to multiple fronts at once.^[6]

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^ ^a ^b Gregory Waters (12 April 2024). "Changes to Syria's special forces this week: Recently appointed Mohamad Saftly moved to command 30th SRG Division. Replaced as head of Special Forces by Suhail Hassan. Suhail replaced as head of 25th Div by former senior Tiger commander, current 30th Div commander Saleh Abdullah". Twitter. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ Harris, William (2018). "Glossary". Quicksilver War: Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780190874872.
^ Harris, William (2018). "Glossary". Quicksilver War: Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780190874872.
^ Leith Fadel (10 November 2015). "Exclusive: Tiger Forces to Redeploy to Northern Hama". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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[GrWat19-3] Gregory Waters (12 April 2024). "Changes to Syria's special forces this week: Recently appointed Mohamad Saftly moved to command 30th SRG Division. Replaced as head of Special Forces by Suhail Hassan. Suhail replaced as head of 25th Div by former senior Tiger commander, current 30th Div commander Saleh Abdullah". Twitter. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[4] Harris, William (2018). "Glossary". Quicksilver War: Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780190874872.

[5] Harris, William (2018). "Glossary". Quicksilver War: Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780190874872.

[6] Leith Fadel (10 November 2015). "Exclusive: Tiger Forces to Redeploy to Northern Hama". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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