2nd Corps (Syria)

The 2nd Corps was a corps of the Syrian Army that was first formed in 1985. Richard Bennett wrote in 2001 that "three corps formed in 1985 to give the Army more flexibility and to improve combat efficiency by decentralising the command structure, absorbing at least some of the lessons learned during the 1982 Lebanon War." He said that the 2nd Corps with HQ in Zabadani, covered north of Damascus, whole Homs and included Lebanon. In November 2019, Major General Abdul Majeed Ibrahim was appointed as commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Syrian Arab Army.

Structure in 2001

1st Armored Division, with the 44th and 46th Armored Brigades and the 42nd Mechanized Brigade
3rd Armored Division, with the 47th and 82nd Armored Brigades and the 132nd Mechanized Brigade
11th Armored Division, with the 60th and 67th Armored Brigades and the 87th Mechanized Brigade
4th Mechanized Division with the 1st Armored Brigade and the 61st and 89th Mechanized Brigades
10th Mechanized Division, headquartered in Shtoura, Lebanon. Its main units deployed to control the strategic Beirut-Damascus highway with the 123rd Mechanized Brigade near Yanta, the 51st Armored Brigade near Zahle in the Beqaa Valley and the 85th Armored Brigade, deployed around the complex of positions at Dahr al-Baidar.
three other heavy brigades from the 3rd and 11th Armored Divisions known to be regularly deployed to eastern Lebanon.
there five special forces regiments in the Lebanon.

Source:1st Armored Division

Source:1st Armored Division