Over the past few years I have documented numerous militias fighting on the side of the regime in Syria, generally an understudied topic (at least as regards native formations: foreign Iranian-backed Shi'a militias intervening in Syria to support the regime are better covered). Below I compile a list of my articles on the subject, sorted by sub-categories (though there may be overlap in some cases, as the article contents will show). I will add to this list as I write more articles
[Last updated on 4 September 2016]
Syrian Hezbollah/Syrian Shi'i Militias
- Liwa al-Imam Zain al-Abidain
- The Ja'afari Force
- Liwa Sayf al-Mahdi
- Quwat al-Ridha
- Fawj al-Imam al-Hujja and Junud al-Mahdi
- The National Ideological Resistance
- Liwa al-Imam al-Mahdi
- Al-Ghalibun
- Liwa al-Baqir/Local Defence Forces
Al-Bustan Association militias
- Kata'ib al-Jabalawi
- Leopards of Homs
- Dir' al-Watan
Factions of Suwayda' province
Palestinian factions
- Liwa al-Quds
- Liwa al-Jalil
- Quwat al-Jalil
Military Intelligence Branch/Military Security factions
- Lions of the Eternal Leader
- Fawj Maghawir al-Badiya
- Quwat Dir' al-Amn al-Askari
Amn al-Dawla intelligence agency militias
Air Intelligence factions
- Tiger Forces (incl. Leopard Contingents)
Suqur al-Sahara'
- Suqur al-Sahara'
- Fawj Maghawir al-Bahr
Christian factions
Republican Guard
- Lions of the East/Majmu'at Nafidh Assad Allah
- Popular Security & Support Forces
- Coastal Shield
- Liwa Sayf al-Haq Assad Allah al-Ghalib
Miscellaneous
- Liwa Usud al-Hussein (Quwat Humat Suriya)
- The Syrian Resistance
- Syrian Social Nationalist Party (Nusur al-Zawba'a)
- The Arab Nationalist Guard
- Liwa Khaybar
Notes
- Liwa Khaybar may be air intelligence and/or military intelligence affiliated.
- Quwat al-Ghadab has a Republican Guard affiliation.
- Liwa Sayf al-Mahdi is affiliated with the 4th Armoured Division.