Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti (Jan 2019)
THE ROLE OF ARMY IN THE POLITICAL LIFE OF SYRIA. FROM THE SYRIAN BATTALION TO THE SYRIAN ARAB ARMY
Abstract
The eight-year Syrian armed conflict is one of the most devastating conflicts and arresting issues in the international area in the 21st century. Undoubtedly, the investigation of the role of Syrian army has its both scientific and political significance. Indeed, without having scrupulously studied the role of the army it is impossible to perceive in details many aspects of the political history of Syria. In any other Arabic country the army did not play such an outstanding role in the political life as it was in case of Syria. This reality can be proved by the serious inner-political processes that run in contemporary Syria, when the army appears as a substantial factor again. This topic has its actuality in regard of our perception of rather complicated inner-political processes happening in modern Syria today, whereas the army plays an important role as well. This research deals with certain aspects of the formation of Syrian army, its officer stratum, as well as discusses issues dealing with military overturns in Syria, their reasons and aftermath for the country in the post-independent period, as well as investigates both ethnic and confessional background of the Syrian army.
