Despite the decrease in the operational tempo of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) since last year, 2019 has seen the widest deployments of SAA units since the first years of the war. With the October 13 deal between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Damascus, the SAA returned to the Raqqa and Hasakah countryside for the first time since 2014. Meanwhile, the army and intelligence services are dealing with a low-scale insurgency in the south of the country, near-daily ISIS raids in central Syria, engaged in small skirmished in Hama and Idlib provinces, and bogged down in a bloody battle throughout the Latakia mountains. All but one province – Tartous – has seen pro-regime combat deaths in 2019.

Understanding which units are deployed where provides insights into the combat capabilities of the SAA, where foreign forces may be present, and the level of resources the SAA high command is dedicating to each front. This article lists all known current deployments of SAA units, organized by corps, and will be updated regularly. The date alongside the area of deployment represents the last known date of the deployment.

Independent Units

Unknown unit – Masasna, Hama – 3/3/2019

Aleppo Special Tasks Battalion – Idlib Province – 3/4/2020

Aleppo Special Tasks Battalion/Yiman Bilouni Group – Sukhna, Homs – 6/1/2019

800th Battalion – Idlib Province – 2/28/2020

1419th Battalion – Idlib Province – 5/2/2019

1421st Battalion – Hama Province – 8/9/2019

10th Division – Kobani, Aleppo – 10/14/2019

100th Artillery Regiment – Manbij, Aleppo – 10/22/2019

102nd Regiment/419th Battalion – Aleppo – 1/27/2020

147th Regiment – West Aleppo – 1/7/2020

152nd Regiment – Aleppo – 12/5/2019

103rd Brigade – Deir Ez Zor Province – 2/13/2019

104th Brigade – Manbij, Aleppo – 10/20/2019

104th Brigade/476th Battalion – Ain Issa, Raqqa – 11/20/2019

105th Brigade/unknown unit – Kobani, Aleppo – 10/19/2019

105th Brigade/358th Battalion – Idlib Province – 3/3/2020

105th Brigade/398th Battalion -Idlib Province – 3/1/2020

106th Brigade – Manbij, Aleppo – 10/19/2019

124th Brigade – Zerbah, Aleppo – 2/28/2020

124th Brigade/511th Battalion – Idlib Province- 11/2/2018

124th Brigade/847th Battalion – southeast Idlib – 12/2/2019

124th Brigade/873rd Battalion – Zerbah, Aleppo – 2/28/2020

124th Brigade/1390th Battalion – southeast Idlib – 12/1/2019

30th Division/18th Brigade – Idlib Province – 2/24/2020

4th Division

Unknown Unit – Eastern Deir Ez Zor Province – 9/21/2019

977th Battalion – Latakia Province – 5/7/2019

Kuwasir Group – Kabani, Latakia – 7/30/2019

Lebanese Baath Forces – West Aleppo – 1/29/2020

555th Regiment/Unknown Unit – Idlib Province – 2/28/2020

555th Regiment/48th Battalion – Kafr Nabouda, Hama – 5/10/2019

555th Regiment/Unknown Battalion – Kernaz, Hama – 1/13/2019

666th Regiment – Dara’a Province – 7/17/2019

666th Regiment/449th Battalion – Dara’a Province – 7/17/2019

40th Brigade – Kabani, Latakia – 10/26/2019

41st Brigade – Saraqib, Idlib – 2/29/2020

42nd Brigade – Jabal Zawiyah, Idlib – 3/4/2020

42nd Brigade/Fortress of Sham Abu Haider Group – Idlib – 3/6/2020

42nd Brigade/185th Bat/Hourarya Group – West Aleppo – 1/26/2020

42nd Brigade/Zakiyah & Bakara Battalions – West Aleppo – 1/26/2020

42nd Brigade/Unknown Rocket Unit – Zahraa, Aleppo – 2/1/2020

42nd Brigade/Muhind Jadid Battalion – Aleppo – 1/8/2020

42nd Brigade/Muqdad Battalion – West Aleppo – 2/14/2020

42nd Brigade/Shams Group – West Aleppo – 2/8/2020

42nd Brigade/Raoud Battalion – Aleppo – 1/8/2020

42nd Brigade/Marwan Kamal al-Deen Groups – Aleppo – 2/15/2020

42nd Brigade/Yalda Group – West Aleppo – 2/8/2020

42nd Brigade/Abbas al-Lord Group – Aleppo – 1/15/2020

42nd Brigade/al-Haji Group – Aleppo – 1/15/2020

42nd Brigade/Abu Yahya Groups – Aleppo – 1/15/2020

42nd Brigade/Ighwani Group – Ithriya, Aleppo – 1/24/2020

42nd Brigade/Basil Group – Salma, Latakia – 1/13/2019

42nd Brigade/Dirgham Group – Kabani, Latakia – 12/3/2019

42nd Brigade/Maher Group – Kabani, Latakia – 1/12/2019

42nd Brigade/Murajil Group – Kabani, Latakia – 1/20/2019

Engineering Department

166th Regiment – Idlib Province – 2/24/2020

1st Corps

15th Special Forces Division

15th Division/Unknown unit – Idlib Province – 2/10/2020

15th Division/Unknown unit – Tarba, Suwayda – 7/28/2019

15th Division/Unknown unit – Hobait, Hama – 8/14/2019

5th Division

175th Artillery Regiment/97th Battalion – Izraa, Dara’a – 4/27/2019

12th Brigade – Dara’a Province – 10/14/2018

15th Brigade/852nd Battalion – Hama Province – 7/22/2019

7th Division

76th Battalion – Qasabiyah, Hama – 6/11/2019

79th Battalion – Tel Malah, Hama – 6/24/2019

84th Battalion – Hama Province – 6/26/2019

78th Brigade/85th Battalion – Hama Province – 6/13/2019

90th Brigade/3rd Battalion – Hader, Quneitra – 7/16/2019

90th Brigade/3rd Bat/4th Company – Quneitra Province – 12/26/2018

90th Brigade/Hassan Battalion – Quneitra Province – 6/7/2018

121st Brigade/225th Battalion – Qasabiyah, Hama – 7/21/2019

121st Brigade/257th Battalion – Tel Sha’r, Dara’a – 5/27/2019

137th Regiment – Harbisha, Deir Ez Zor – 10/23/2019

9th Division

33rd Brigade – Tel Malah, Hama – 8/2/2019

43rd Brigade – Hama Province – 5/13/2019

43rd Brigade/103rd Battalion – Hama Province – 2/4/2019

52nd Brigade – Sanamayn, Dara’a – 3/2/2020

89th Brigade/109th Artillery Battalion – Hama Province – 5/9/2019

2nd Corps

14th Special Forces Division

Unknown unit – Idlib Province – 3/3/2020

111th Battalion – Zabadani, Damascus – 1/13/2019

36th Regiment – Jabal Sheikh, Quneitra – 1/18/2019

554th Regiment – southern Raqqa – 2/29/2020

554th Regiment/671st Battalion – southern Syria – 8/23/2018

1st Division

Unknown Unit – Idlib Province – 3/3/2020

320th Battalion – Homs Province – 1/24/2019

141st Artillery Regiment – Hama Province – 1/26/2019

167th Regiment – Hama Province – 11/23/2019

57th Brigade/846th Battalion – Manbij, Aleppo – 3/27/2019

58th Brigade – Deir Ez Zor Province – 3/25/2019

61st Brigade/unknown unit – Khan as-Sabeel – 3/3/2020

61st Brigade/326th Artillery Battalion – Hama Province – 3/14/2019

68th Brigade/282nd Battalion – Manbij, Aleppo – 1/30/2019

91st Brigade – Suwayda Province – 11/21/2018

91st Brigade/unknown unit – Deir Ez Zor Province – 4/30/2019

171st Brigade- Idlib Province – 2/8/2020

10th Division

258th Battalion – Douma, Damascus – 4/15/2018

312th Battalion – south Damascus – 5/10/2018

51st Brigade – Hajar al-Aswad, Damascus – 5/1/2018

62nd Brigade/424th Battalion – Suwayda Province – 9/6/2018

62nd Brigade/Unknown Battalion – Tel Tamr, Hasakah, 11/11/2019

85th Brigade – Hama Province – 4/25/2019

3rd Corps

148th Brigade/Unknown Unit – Saraqib, Idlib – 2/28/2020

148th Brigade/2nd Battalion – Ayn Issa – 4/3/2020

3rd Division

20th Brigade/38th Battalion – Tel Tamr, Hasakah – 11/7/2019

21st Brigade/210th Battalion/Air Defense Unit – Marrat Alia – 2/25/2020

65th Brigade – Damascus Province – 1/18/2019

8th Division

Unknown Unit – Qoqfin, Idlib – 2/29/2020

33rd Brigade – Hizareen, Idlib – 3/2/2020

45th Regiment – Jurin, Hama – 10/14/2018

47th Brigade – Idlib Province – 3/3/2020

11th Division

Unknown Reserve unit – Homs Province – 6/17/2019

Unknown unit – Sabikhan, Idlib – 1/6/2020

Engineering Battalion – Idlib Province – 1/31/2020

462nd Battalion – Boukamal, Deir Ez Zor – 7/19/2018

60th Brigade/unknown unit – Hama Province – 6/19/2019

60th Brigade/unknown unit – Palmyra, Homs – 6/26/2019

67th Brigade – Idlib Province – 1/25/2020

87th Brigade – Masasna, Hama – 3/3/2019

135th Artillery Regiment – Humaymah, Homs – 11/8/2018

17th Division

213th Battalion – Deir Ez Zor Province – 1/8/2020

484th Battalion – Deir Ez Zor Province – 10/28/2019

54th Special Forces Regiment – Tel Tamr, Hasakah – 4/2/2020

54th SF Regiment/23rd Battalion – Tel Tamr, Hasakah – 10/26/2019

54th SF Regiment/79th Battalion – Malikiya, Hasakah – 10/20/2019

10th Reserve Regiment – Deir Ez Zor Province – 10/6/2019

121st Artillery Regiment – Um Shafiyah, Hasakah – 11/9/2019

123rd Artillery Regiment – Tel Shamran, Hasakah – 10/28/2019

137th Regiment – Deir Ez Zor Province – 4/2/2020

18th Division

Unknown unit – Tamanah, Idlib – 8/29/2019

Unknown unit – Homs Province – 11/29/2019

Special Tasks Brigade – Samaka, Idlib – 1/8/2020

120th Brigade – Idlib Province – 1/29/2020

131st Brigade – Nayrab, Idlib – 2/28/2020

167th Brigade – T3, Homs – 6/10/2019

4th Corps

145th Brigade – Saraqib, Idlib – 2/26/2020

2nd Division

218th Battalion – Kabani, Latakia – 1/26/2020

510th Engineering Battalion – Idlib Province – 1/22/2020

826th Regiment – Slanfah, Latakia – 12/26/2018

144th Brigade – Latakia Province – 10/14/2018

6th Division

Unknown unit – Latakia Province – 11/24/2018

45th Special Forces Regiment – Saraqib – 3/4/2020

55th Brigade – Nayrab – 2/21/2020

85th Brigade – Tel Sakr, Hama – 5/7/2019

88th Brigade – Sahl al-Ghab, Hama – 3/1/2020

5th Corps

1st Regiment – Saraqib, Idlib – 3/2/2020

103rd Artillery Regiment – Raqqa Province – 11/4/2019

147th Regiment/2nd Battalion – Ain Issa, Raqqa – 11/8/2019

1st Brigade/unknown unit – Hama Province – 8/13/2019

1st Brigade/1st Battalion – Latakia Province – 11/1/2019

1st Brigade/13th Battalion – Boukamal, Deir Ez Zor – 2/7/2019

2nd Brigade – Zaliqiyat, Hama – 8/1/2019

2nd Brigade/Artillery Unit – Idlib Province – 2/11/2020

3rd Brigade/unknown unit – Samakah, Idlib – 1/8/2020

3rd Brigade – Idlib Province – 1/30/2020

3rd Brigade/Tank Battalion – Samakat, Idlib – 1/8/2020

3rd Brigade/91st Battalion – Southeast Idlib – 1/30/2020

3rd Brigade/1588th Battalion – Saraqib – 2/28/2020

3rd Brigade/unknown unit – Shayrat Airbase – 8/3/2019

4th Brigade/Fuah & Kafraya Battalions – Aleppo – 2/15/2020

5th Brigade/2nd Battalion – Ain Issa, Raqqa – 12/9/2019

5th Brigade/Unknown Unit – Tal Abyad – 2/2/2020

6th Brigade – Idlib Province – 12/26/2019

7th Brigade/unknown unit – Deir Ez Zor Province – 1/10/2020

7th Brigade/3rd Battalion – Ain Issa, Raqqa – 10/26/2019

5th Regiment – Hasakah Province – 10/27/2019

6th Regiment – Tanf, Homs – 1/22/2019

8th Regiment/865th Battalion – Dara’a Province – 8/11/2019

8th Regiment/866th Battalion – Tanf, Homs – 11/27/2019

10th Regiment/55th Battalion – Deir Ez Zor Province – 9/8/2019

10th Regiment/74th Battalion – Deir Ez Zor Province – 9/8/2019

11th Regiment – Latakia Province – 1/17/2020

12th Regiment – Ayn Arab, Aleppo – 2/27/2020

Air Defense

66th Brigade – Idlib Province – 2/29/2020