Syrian Armed Forces

Syrian Arab Armed Forces
الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ
Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Coat of arms of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Motto	"Homeland, Honor, Sincerity"
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Current form	1971
Service branches	Syrian Arab Army Syrian Arab Navy  Syrian Arab Air Force Syrian Arab Air Defence Forces National Defence Forces
Headquarters	Umayyad Square, Damascus
Leadership
Commander In Chief	Bashar al-Assad
Chief Minister	Lieutenant General Ali Mahmoud Abbas
Chief of the General Staff	Lieutenant General Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim
Personnel
Military age	18-42
Conscription	yes
Available for military service	13,045,962 [1], age 18-42
Fit for military service	11,313,295[1], age 18-42
Reaching military age annually	570,761[1]
Active personnel	100,000[1] (ranked 47)
Reserve personnel	50,000
Expenditures
Budget	$2,020,5000,000 USD
Percent of GDP	5%
Industry
Annual imports	Russia[2]  China[2]  Iran[2]  North Korea[2]  Bulgaria[2]  Iraq[2]
Related articles
History	1948 Arab–Israeli War Yom Kippur War Six Day War Black September in Jordan 1982 Lebanon War Gulf War Syrian occupation of Lebanon Islamic uprising in Syria Syrian Civil War

The Syrian Arab Armed Forces is the Military of Syria, Originally formed in 1946. The Syrian Arab Armed Forces consists of the Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Air Force, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces , and the Paramilitary forces known as the National Defense Forces. The SAAF is a conscripted force made up of about 150,000 men (not counting militants).^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "2022 Syria Military Strenght". Global Firepower. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} "Trade Registers". Armstrade. Retrieved 29 December 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. ↑ "This article is more than 9 months old Syrian exiles forced to prop up regime with fees for avoiding conscription". Ali Al Ibrahim. The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2022.