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Iraq vs Syria

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Iraq is a country located in Middle East with an area of 437,072 km2 (land boundries: 3,809 km and costline 58 km). The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The number of inhabitants is 38,433,600.

The Iraqi military inventory is comprised of a mix of equipment from a wide variety of sources, including Europe, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, and the US. Russia and the USA are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq.

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Syria is a country located in Middle East with an area of 185,180 km2 (land boundries: 2,363 km and costline 193 km). The capital of Syria is Damascus. The number of inhabitants is 17,500,657.

The SAF's inventory is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era equipment. Russia has supplied nearly all of Syria's imported weapons systems, although China and Iran have also provided military equipment.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 9.7 billion $ 1.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 3.5% 5%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 530,000 169,000
Reserve personnel: 553,000 0
Available for military: 11,700,000 11,550,000

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 848 3,507
Armoured fighting vehicles: 5,284 4,639
Total artillery: 1,969 3,343
Self-propelled artillery: 283 502
Rocket artillery: 424 691

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 379 470
Fighter aircraft: 0 108
Multirole aircraft: 26 29
Attack aircraft: 32 90
Helicopters: 203 171
UCAV (combat drone): 14 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 68 43
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 0
Corvettes: 2 0
Submarines: 0 0

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Iraq

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Syria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Iraq

18-49 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription.

Syria

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months; women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve; re-enlistment obligation 5 years, with retirement after 15 years or age 40 or 20 years or age 45.