10th Mechanized Division

10th Mechanized Division الفرقة الميكانيكية العاشرة Syrian Armed Forces Flag.svg Syrian Armed Forces Flag 1973 – 2024 Ba'athist Syria 2nd Corps Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (1980–2024).svg 23px Syrian Arab Armed Forces Flag of the Syrian Arab Army.svg 23px Syrian Arab Army Mechanized Infantry Conventional warfare up to 10,000 soldiers (2019) Qatana Current Commander Maj. Gen. Hossem Salahhttps://twitter.com/GregoryPWaters/status/1652755633349746694?t=gwe4sHIRV3bPV6LOmk6ifg&s=19 M.G. Hossem Salah from head of 106th SRG Brig to 10th Div 30 April 2023 1 March 2024 Twitter Gregory Waters Deputy Commander Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Islamist uprising in Syria 1982 Hama massacre Syrian Civil War Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011 – March 2012) Battle of al-Qusayr (2012) Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012–February 2013) Damascus offensive Battle of al-Qusayr (2013) Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016)https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/567128-high-ranking-syria-army-officer-killed-fighting-isis High-ranking Syria army officer killed fighting ISIS Now 23 June 2016 23 June 2016 19 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171019130014/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/567128-high-ranking-syria-army-officer-killed-fighting-isis dead Palmyra offensive (December 2016)http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/fifth-legion-new-auxiliary-force/ The Fifth Legion: A New Auxiliary Force Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Syria Comment 24 December 2016 25 December 2016 East Hama offensive (2017) Battle of Harasta (2017–2018)https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-armys-order-battle-harasta-operation-east-damascus-revealed/ AMN News Andrew Illingworth 2018-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20210301160532/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-armys-order-battle-harasta-operation-east-damascus-revealed/ 1 March 2021 dead Syrian Army’s order of battle for Harasta operation in east Damascus revealed Siege of Eastern Ghouta Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018) As-Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018)https://international-review.org/understanding-syrias-military-deployments-in-idlib/ Understanding Syria's Military Deployments in Idlib 12 March 2019 22 March 2023 Gregory Waters International Review Maj. Gen. Mohammed Dib ZaitounMaj. Gen. Hassan SaadoMaj. Gen. Muhammad Ibrahim IssaBrigadier General Muhammad Ibrahim Issa has appointed as deputy commander of 10th Division The 10th Mechanized Division (ar الفرقة الآلية العاشر) was a division of the Syrian Arab Army and part of the 2nd Corps. This was one of the smallest divisions in the SAA and its origins dated back to 1973.https://www.mei.edu/publications/lion-and-eagle-syrian-arab-armys-destruction-and-rebirth#pt9 The Lion and The Eagle: The Syrian Arab Army’s Destruction and Rebirth Middle East Institute Gregory Waters 18 July 2019 20 September 2022 Command structure 10th Mechanized Division (2022)https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/video-new-syrian-army-armored-division-heads-towards-east-damascus-100-tanks-armored-fighting-vehicles/ Video: New Syrian Army armored division heads towards east Damascus with over 100 tanks, armored fighting vehicles Andrew Illingworth Al-Masdar News 24 February 2018 25 February 2018 13 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190513115010/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/video-new-syrian-army-armored-division-heads-towards-east-damascus-100-tanks-armored-fighting-vehicles/ dead 18th Mechanized Brigade 62nd Mechanized Brigade 51st Armored Brigade 58th Armored Brigade 122nd Artillery Regimenthttps://twitter.com/GregoryPWaters/status/1155137981914603521?t=T8DDEod-CD7YYCzNvBD7BQ&s=19 122nd Artillery regiment belongs to the 10th Division Gregory Waters Twitter 27 July 2019 12 February 2024 Combat history 1982 Lebanon War In the 1982 Lebanon War, the 10th Armoured Division was deployed south of the Beirut-Damascus road, and inside Beirut, and consisted of the 76th and 91st Tank Brigades – equipped with T-62s and BMP-1s – and the 85th Mechanized Brigade, equipped with T-55s and BTR-60s.Tom Cooper, Syrian Tank-Hunters in Lebanon, 1982, Air Combat Information Group The division was also assigned control of the 20th Commando Battalion as well. In the same year, the division was returned to Syria, and participated in the suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood Rebellion. The division was also reported to have taken place in the 1982 Hama massacre. After that, the division was returned to Lebanon, and remained there until the withdrawal of the Syrian army from the country in 2005. In 2001 Richard Bennett's estimate of the Army order of battle reported that the 10th Mechanized Division was headquartered in Shtoura, Lebanon, part of the 2nd Corps.Richard M. Bennett, The Syrian Military: A Primer https://web.archive.org/web/20231117235936/https://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0108_s1.htm 17 November 2023 , Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, August/September 2001. 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 Zahlé in the Beqaa Valley and the 85th Armored Brigade, deployed around the complex of positions at Dahr al-Baidar. Syrian Civil War In Syria, the division was reported to have become involved in the two battles in al-Qusayr starting on 19 May 2013, as part of the larger al-Qusayr offensive, launched in early April 2013 by the Syrian Army and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah,https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/jordan-arrests-8-syrian-refugees-suspected-of-inciting-camp-riots-in-troubled-camp/2013/04/21/7a06a3c0-aa5a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html Syrian opposition calls on Hezbollah to stay out of Syria's civil war The Washington Post 22 August 2017 5 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191205060928/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/jordan-arrests-8-syrian-refugees-suspected-of-inciting-camp-riots-in-troubled-camp/2013/04/21/7a06a3c0-aa5a-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html dead with the aim of capturing the villages around the rebel-held town of al-Qusayr and ultimately launching an attack on the town itself.http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/04/21/Activists-Syrian-regime-provides-Hezbollah-aerial-shield-in-Qusayr-.html Activists: Syrian regime provides Hezbollah aerial shield in Qusayr 21 April 2013 25 October 2014 al-Qusayr is in Homs Governorate, near the border with Lebanon. The region was strategically important as a supply route for rebels fighting Syrian government forces in Homs,https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-lebanon-idUSBRE93K0DN20130421 Syria fighting flares both sides of Lebanese border Reuters 25 October 2014 21 April 2013 and for its proximity to government-supporting areas along the coast. In course of the Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive in 2016, the division's chief-of-staff, Major General Hassan Saado, was killed. Since 2019, elements of the division are being trained by Russian officers in Safita, Tartous. The 58th Brigade had not existed in any meaningful way since at least late 2016 and the 85th Brigade was moved to the newly formed 6th Division in 2015. The 51st Armored Brigade was formed after 2011 as a new armored unit under the command of the 10th Division. The 18th Brigade had moved to the Republican Guard by late 2018. In 2021, the 18th Brigade, formerly part of the 30th Division, was brought back to the late unit.الحرس الجمهوري".. تشكيلات جديدة لتعزيز حماية الأسد منها "اقتحام نسائى" (صور وأسماء) References June 2017 Category:Divisions of Syria Category:Military units and formations established in 1973 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2024