25th Special Mission Forces Division

25th Special Mission Forces Division
25th Special Mission Forces Division
	Logo of the Syrian Special Forces, used by the 25th Special Mission Forces Division
Active	2013–present
Country	Syrian Arab Republic
Allegiance	Military of Syria
Branch	Syrian Army
Type	Special forces
Role	Air assault; Close-quarters combat; Counter-insurgency; Counter-terrorism; Direct action; Fire support; Guerrilla warfare; Offensive; Raiding; Reconnaissance; Special operations; Special reconnaissance; Unconventional warfare; Urban warfare
Size	4,000+
Garrison/HQ	Aleppo
Nickname(s)	Tiger Forces or Quwwat Al-Nimr (Arabic: قوات النمر)
Tactical color marking
Equipment	AK-74M rifles; T-90 tanks; Rys LMV tactical vehicle ; Gaz Tigr tactical vehicle
Engagements	List Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo; ; Operation Canopus Star ; Kuweires offensive (September–November 2015) ; East Aleppo offensive (2015–16) ; 2016 Aleppo campaign ; Aleppo offensive (September 2016) ; Aleppo offensive (October–November 2016) ; Operation Dawn of Victory ; Second Battle of the Shaer gas field ; 2014 Hama offensive ; 2015 Northwestern Syria offensive ; Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) ; 2016 Khanasir offensive ; Palmyra offensive (March 2016) ; 2016 Hama offensive ; Palmyra offensive (December 2016) ; Palmyra offensive (2017) ; East Aleppo offensive (January–April 2017) ; 2017 Hama offensive ; Maskanah Plains offensive ; Southern Raqqa offensive (June 2017) ; Central Syria campaign (2017) ; Hama offensive (September 2017) ; 2017 Mayadin offensive ; Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018) ; Operation Damascus Steel ; Operation Dawn of Idlib ; Operation Dawn of Idlib II ; Operation Spring Shield ;
Commanders
Current Commander	Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan
Chief of Staff	Brig. Gen Yunis Muhammad
Commander of Assault Troops	Brig. Gen. Yasser Ahmed
Notable; commanders	Maj. Gen. Saleh Abdullah

The 25th Special Mission Forces Division, mostly known by their former name Tiger Forces or Quwwat al-Nimr (Arabic: قُوَّات النِّمْر), is an elite formation (special forces unit) of the Syrian Arab Army under the charge of the commander Suheil al-Hassan. It was formed in late 2013 and functions primarily as an offensive unit in the Syrian Civil War. It has been described as a "hot commodity for any government offensive", but their relatively small numbers make it difficult to deploy them to multiple fronts at once.

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