The Syrian army's new command structure, and where the SDF sits

The Syrian army's new command structure Presidency and Ministry of Defence over five regional corps, nineteen divisions and roughly eighty brigade-level formations, four of which were formed from SDF personnel. COMMANDCORPS DIVISIONSBRIGADES PRESIDENCY AND MINISTRY OF DEFENCE appointment · promotion · unit composition · recruitment FIRST CORPS Eastern Ahmad al-Jassem HTS circle SECOND CORPS Northern Awad al-Jassem HTS circle THIRD CORPS Central Haytham al-Ali HTS circle FOURTH CORPS Damascus Omar Jiftchi HTS circle FIFTH CORPS Coastal Munir al-Sheikh HTS circle 4 divisions17 brigades4 divisions19 to 21 brigades4 divisions12 to 14 brigades3 divisions13 brigades4 divisions19 brigades Roughly 80 to 84 brigade slots across 19 divisions WHERE THE SDF SITS 72ND DIVISION Aleppo Aqil al-Amer Commander · HTS circle Not publicly named Deputy · 6 mapped brigades 60TH DIVISION Hasakah Awad al-Jassem Commander · HTS circle Ciya Kobani Deputy · 2 legacy brigades plus three from the SDF Mapped against the five-corps model. A later six-corps proposal has been reported without a full allocation. Sipan Hamo is assistant to the defence minister and Ciya Kobani is deputy commander of the 60th Division. The SDF holds no corps or division command. Kobani attachment unresolved Hasakah SDF manned Qamishli SDF manned Derik SDF manned Four brigades of roughly 1,300 personnel each, about one in twenty brigade-level formations by count rather than by manpower. COMMAND ORIGIN HTS circle former SNA SNA formation, HTS command other or mixed holds SDF brigades BRIGADE MARKERS mapped slot inferred or planned SDF-origin brigade attachment unresolved

Compiled from Arabic appointment reporting and order-of-battle research. Corps allocation reported 29 June 2026, not decreed.