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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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The Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 1.8 billion $ 26 billion $
Percent of GDP: 5% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 169,000 70,850
Reserve personnel: 0 941,300
Available for military: 11,550,000 4,299,331

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

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Tanks: 3,507 412
Armoured fighting vehicles: 4,639 4,644
Total artillery: 3,343 1,133
Self-propelled artillery: 502 180
Rocket artillery: 691 71

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: 470 469
Fighter aircraft: 108 0
Multirole aircraft: 29 174
Attack aircraft: 90 0
Helicopters: 171 118
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 43 397
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 4
Corvettes: 0 15
Submarines: 0 11

Total naval

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

Syria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

Data not available

Military service

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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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