Military is a conscripted force; males serve in the Syrian military upon reaching the age of 18, but they are exempted from service if they do not have a brother who can take care of their parents.
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13 Facts About Syrian military
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Since the Syrian Civil War, the enlisted members of the Syrian military have dropped by over half from a pre-civil war figure of 325,000 to 150,000 soldiers in the army in December 2014, due to casualties, desertions and draft dodging, reaching between 178,000 and 220,000 soldiers in the army, in addition to 80,000 to 100,000 irregular forces.
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French Mandate volunteer force, which would later become the Syrian military army, was established in 1920 with the threat of Syrian military-Arab nationalism in mind.
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About 20,000 Syrian military soldiers were deployed in Lebanon until 27 April 2005, when the last of Syria's troops left the country.
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Syrian military forces have been accused of involvement in the murder of Rafiq al-Hariri, as well as continued meddling in Lebanese affairs, and an international investigation into the Hariri killing and several subsequent bomb attacks has been launched by the UN.
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Syria's initial involvement in Operation Desert Shield rolled into the Allied Operation Desert Storm, as Syrian military forces did participate in helping dislodge and drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait City.
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In early September 2008 the Syrian military government ordered MiG-29SMT fighters, Pantsir S1E air-defence systems, Iskander tactical missile systems, Yak-130 aircraft, and two Amur-1650 submarines from Russia.
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In March 2012 the Syrian government issued new travel restrictions for military-aged males.
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In September 2018, Statista Charts estimated that the Syrian military had lost 111 warplanes since the beginning of the civil war, including reconnaissance and attack drones.
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In 1950 the Syrian military Navy was established following the procurement of a few naval craft from France.
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Syrian military provides NBC uniforms to soldiers to remain effective in an environment effected by biological or chemical agents.
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In 1987, according to a Library of Congress Country Study on Syria, the rank insignia of Syrian military commissioned officers were identical for both the army and air force.
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