For decades, Syria’s Republican Guard forces have been the last frontline of defence for the ruling Assad family in Damascus.  The Republican Guard forces, or the Presidential Guard, were founded in the early 1970s by Hafez al-Assad, as the first shield of his regime in...

Bashar al-Assad has appointed new commanders for  the Fourth Corps, Special Forces and the Navy, a military source told Zaman al-Wasl on Friday.   Maj. Gen Ramadan Ramadan was appointed as commander of the 4th Corps and the head of the security and military committee in the...

    Bashar al-Assad has appointed Major General Tayseer Ibrahim Salem as commander of the artillery and missile forces, succeeding Major General Akram Tajour who retired at the beginning of March, military source told Zaman al-Wasl.     Salem was assigned temporarily...

Zaman Al Wasl obtained aerial photos of the permanent headquarters of the militias of Suhail Al Hassan, who is considered Russia’s most important man in Syria. Since 2014, Assad’s and Russian media have presented Suhail Al Hassan as an officer with exceptional military prowess,...