Border Guard Forces (Syria)
The Border Guard Forces () was a gendarmerie force of the Syrian Army responsible for guarding the borders of Syria (mainly in the Iraq–Syria border, east of the country) and important strategic facilities. The Syrian Border Guard was in the size of an enlarged unit containing seven regiments which were deployed in different centers in Syria, the brigade was under the command of the 3rd Corps (Syria), 3rd Corps. Command structure ;Border Guard Forces (2021) *5th Regiment (Hasakah pocket) *6th Regiment (Southern Homs) *8th Regiment (Jordan-Syria border) *10th Regiment (Iraq-Syria border) *11th Regiment (Latakia) *12th Regiment (Manbij and Kobanî, Ayn al-Arab) *Unknown Regiment (likely Lebanon-Syria border) *87th Battalion (Talkalakh) Combat history The Border Guard Forces began its existence during the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, French Mandate in Syria under the name "Desert Guard", before 1946. After the independence, its main work was preventing smuggling along the bor ...
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